Abstract
In previous studies from the Metropolitan Museum laboratories, metal-wrapped textile specimens were examined by scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDS) as well as light microscopy. Pitfalls and difficulties in describing the specimens were enumerated.1 In the present study, samples were taken from Indian textiles in Indian Museums for the sake of describing them in detail. Table I ·lists categories of metal inclusion in textiles which offer guidelines for the description of specimens. Other studies have also defined categories with varying degrees of completeness.2 Among the Indian textiles observed, only categories I, II, and III were noted. This report includes principally examples of categories II and III.
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