272 .-- Man weaving hangings, or carpet.

From Beni Hasan, Twelfth Dynasty.] [Illustration: Fig.

273 .-- Border pattern of cut leather canopy of Isiemkheb, Twenty-first Dynasty.] The canopy of Deir el Bahari was made for the Princess Isiemkheb, daughter of the High Priest Masahirti, wife of the High Priest Menkheperra, and mother of the High Priest Pinotem III.

The centrepiece, in shape an oblong square, is divided into three bands of sky-blue leather, now faded to pearl-grey.

The two side-pieces are sprinkled with yellow stars.