Small fragment of linen cloth with a cloth knot ('button') with part of a rolled hem worked with an overcast stitch. The sewing thread is a single (s-spun) linen thread.
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Grace Crowfoot collection donated by Elisabeth Crowfoot.
One set of threads is finer than the other. It is possible that this is the ‘button’ from the neck opening of a tunic. The piece of cloth derives from Qumran Cave 1.
Hand spun (s-spun) and woven (fine open plain weave; 11 x 9 count)