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Knotted linen gauze

2040–1783 B.C.
FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueCloth (Linum usitatissimum (Flax))
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-4-426
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ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, April 28, 1915; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt; 1921: received by MFA.