Clothing (non‐royal), Pharaonic Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23648221 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleksandra Hallmann (0000-0003-4741-916X, Polish Academy of Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-9 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah30017 |
| OpenAlex | W2665378507 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Egyptian clothing fulfilled many functions, from the mundane role of covering and decorating the wearer to protecting the body in a symbolic and apotropaic sense. Clothing expresses identity, gender, social status and/or the ethnicity of the wearer. The most obvious distinction between classes of Egyptian clothing is royal and non‐royal. In more general terms, Egyptian garments are divided into two groups. The first consists of untailored/wraparound garments that were usually rectangular pieces of cloth wrapped in a variety of ways, including kilts, wraparound skirts and dresses, and various outer garments, such as cloaks and shawls. The second group comprises cut‐to‐shape and/or tailored clothes such as tunics, including separate sleeves, loincloths, hip‐cloths, aprons, so‐called “penis sheaths,” and various sashes such as body‐ or neck‐sashes. Information about Egyptian clothing is primarily based on visual sources, which are not always straightforward to decipher due to the Egyptian conceptual and non‐perspectival mode of two‐dimensional representation, which significantly affects the depiction of a clothed figure. The complex way of examining Egyptian clothing is through analysis of the same garment in two and three dimensions and juxtaposing the represented clothing with extant garments, as well as textual sources.
Archaeology · Art · Clothing · Depiction · Extant taxon · Politics · Representation (politics) · Visual arts · 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · History
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |