A 4,500 year-old ancient Egyptian beadnet dress. The earliest surviving example of such a garment. Faience and gold. Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu, 2551–2528 BC. Excavated from a tomb at Giza in 1927. MFA Boston 📷 by me collections.mfa.org/objects/1465... #FindsFriday #Archaeology - ThreadSky

alisonfisk.bsky.social • 8 days ago

A 4,500 year-old ancient Egyptian beadnet dress. The earliest surviving example of such a garment.

Faience and gold. Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu, 2551–2528 BC. Excavated from a tomb at Giza in 1927.

MFA Boston 📷 by me https://collections.mfa.org/objects/146531/beadnet-dress

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ranchoapocalypto.bsky.social•8 days ago

Gorgeous. And sleek. Looks like what, a size 0 maybe?

alisonfisk.bsky.social•7 days ago

A replica was made of a similarly small looking ancient Egyptian beadnet dress in the collections of the Petrie Museum, and apparently the netting structure flexed to fit various shapes

ranchoapocalypto.bsky.social•7 days ago

Ya wouldn't want the likes o' me to be stress-testing it! Heh

lex-cc.bsky.social•8 days ago

It's amazing. So some of it is made from pottery?! Fantastic.

alisonfisk.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yes, it’s incredible! The beads are made of Egyptian faience which is ceramic material made of quartz rather than clay. Read about Egyptian faience on this link: https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/egyptian-faience-technology-and-production