WEAVING AND SPINNING WORKSHOP (MODEL)

WEAVING AND SPINNING WORKSHOP (MODEL)

A crudely made wooden model depicting weaving. One woman stands spinning thread which she holds in her hand while the spindle revolves. Two other women are using a horizontal loom which has been painted onto the base of the model. This was placed in the tomb to ensure an unlimited supply of linen in the Afterlife.

BENI HASSAN

http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=3885

Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley, "Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in the Liverpool Museum", 1995, 77; pl. 121.

LIVERPOOL MUSEUM