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Damascene Shirt with Fish
Damascene Shirt with Fish

The silk shirt is a type known as Damascene, with floral and plant-like designs and depictions of fish swimming upward.

Shirt

Alb Sleeve of Satin
Alb Sleeve of Satin

This sleeve is made of satin and adorned with pictures of two saints. It is usually worn over the alb to cover the priest's arms during the Mass.

Sleeve

Child's Blouson
Child's Blouson

A child's blouson that was worn by an Alawi family member while learning horse riding.

Clothing

Corselet of Tutankhamun
Corselet of Tutankhamun

This corselet, or vest, is a magnificent piece of jewelry considered to be a royal and official article of clothing.

Corselet

Embroidered Textile Fragment in the Style of Fatimid Jewelry
Embroidered Textile Fragment in the Style of Fatimid Jewelry

The linen fragment is embroidered with yellow, black, and red thread. It is decorated with bands of elongated six-sided forms, heart shapes, and plant-like designs that imitate Kufic inscriptions.

Piece Of Garment

Fingers Sheaths of King Psusennes the First
Fingers Sheaths of King Psusennes the First

From the time of the New Kingdom, during the treatment of the body with natron salts in the mummification process, gold sheaths were placed on the fingers to prevent them from breaking off. These are three of the twenty found on the mummy of the king; ten were for the hands, like these, and were decorated with gold rings and ten were for the feet.

Clothing

Footwear with Gold Beads of Tutankhamun
Footwear with Gold Beads of Tutankhamun

A pair of slippers that is one of many found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. Some of them were never used in the king's lifetime, but this pair appears to have been favored by the king.

Sandal

Fragment of Silk Textile
Fragment of Silk Textile

This small silk textile fragment, from the Fatimid period, is decorated with medallions containing animal and plant motifs and inscription bands.

Piece Of Garment

Funerary Sandals of Sheshonq the Second
Funerary Sandals of Sheshonq the Second

A pair of sandals that was worn by the mummy of King Sheshonq the Second inside the coffin. The sandals are made of gold and were never used by the king during his life.

Sandal

Girdle with Gold Shells
Girdle with Gold Shells

The circlet of 9 gold shells forms a girdle that was worn by a small woman. It was slipped over the head and arms to rest on the widest part of her hips and to cross the lowest part of her abdomen.

Belt

Gold Belt Covered with Beads
Gold Belt Covered with Beads

Prince Ptahshepses is shown seated on both sides of the belt buckle. In his right hand he holds a long staff, which is dominated by two falcons representing Horus. The falcons hold the Shen sign in their claws.

Belt

Gold Headband
Gold Headband

A headband in three parts: the first part is a flat rectangular headband with two small side bands. The second part is a gold circle soldered onto the middle of the headband, and the third part is an interior copper band covered with gold sheet.

Head Band

Leopard Skin Decorated with Golden Stars
Leopard Skin Decorated with Golden Stars

This leopard skin is studded with golden stars and attached to a leopard head made of wood and covered with a sheet of gold.

Piece Of Garment

Lightweight Tunic
Lightweight Tunic

Lightweight tunic without sleeves, bordered around the neckline with pulled strings, from the tomb of Kha.

Loin-Cloth or Tunic

Linen Alb, Priest's Robe
Linen Alb, Priest's Robe

This alb, or priest's vestment, is made of linen with embroidered decorations on the chest.

Loin-Cloth or Tunic

Linen Tunic
Linen Tunic

This embroidered linen tunic has a low-cut neck and wide sleeves. It can be draped on the shoulders. This tunic formed part of the vestments that were worn by the clergy.

Loin-Cloth or Tunic

Pair of Golden Sandals of Tutankhamun
Pair of Golden Sandals of Tutankhamun

These golden sandals that were found on the feet of Tutankhamun's mummy would permit the king to trample his enemies underfoot.

Sandal

Pair of Sandals Depicting the King's Enemies
Pair of Sandals Depicting the King's Enemies

The pair of sandals is made of leather with depictions of four human figures on the soles representing Asian and African neighbors who were the traditional enemies of Egypt. The king would trample on them with every step.

Sandal

Papyrus Sandals of Tutankhamun
Papyrus Sandals of Tutankhamun

This pair of sandals is one of a hundred pairs of sandals found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. It seems that the king wore this style of footwear during his lifetime.

Sandal

Piece of  Ayyubid Linen Textile
Piece of Ayyubid Linen Textile

This piece of linen material is traced to the seventh century after Hijra (thirteenth century AD) from the Ayyubids era.

Piece Of Garment

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