Linen, from Wah's Mummy
Object type: pad, sheet, H, openwork, torn corner, headding, selvege, woven fringe, footprint
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: Pad: L. 115 cm (45 1/4 in.); W. 35-40 cm (13 3/4-15 3/4)
Sheet: L. 287 cm (113 in.); W. 108 cm (42 1/2 in.) plus 1.5 cm (9/16 in.) fringe
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)
Locus: Mummy
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920