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Plain weave bast-fiber textile fragment.

Plain weave bast-fiber textile fragment.

Fiber, bast | Object #: 1841151

Once adhered to silver spanish coin 1840590. Came off post-conservation. Reverse of coin date (25) and quatrefoil impressed into textile. Partial pseudomorph, part organic. Bast (vegetal) fiber. Likely linen. Could be hemp. Plain (tabby) weave. Threads appear to be Z-spun.

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