Folded Linen Shawl from Wah's Mummy
Object type: Pad, complete shawl, tufted, weaver's mark preserved, 2 linen marks preserved
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Linen, ink
Dimensions: L. 3.0 m (118 1/8 in) + 15 cm fringe; w. 1.10 m (43 5/16 in) + 2 cm fringe
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)
Locus: over Mummy from ribs to hip
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1940
Accession year: 1940