Object Number: Eb453

Collection: World Cultures

Object Name: wall hanging

Description: Rectangular wall hanging. Background of coarse cotton, with applique image in finer cotton and edges bound in fine cotton. Colours faded, now all beige and grey. Image taken from ancient Egyptian tomb decoration, two men herding 3 large birds (geese? but have crests on head). Birds are eating foliage, men carry sticks. Egyptian symbols above, of kheper beetle, eye of Horus, hieroglyphic signs. Black stitching on most figures, white thread on the palest original colours. 3 brass hooks sewn to top edge for hanging.