OCR Text |
Show Hairnet and Sunbonnet rorn in Ancient Egypt Chicago. Hairnets are old-fashioned, for women in Egypt wore them about 1.600 years ago. But such hairnets! A hairnet of that era, exhibited here at the Field Museum of Natural History in a collection of ancient textiles, is a knitted cap of bright red wool with tie-strings. The style was to swath the hair in linen veils and stretch the net over that. Sunbonnets are Egyptian, too. One displayed has embroidered lines of brown silk making a plaid effect on tan linen. |