click image to return   Technical Analysis Cairo Inv No IM 13689 Size: 12 inch x 17 inch Warp: Wool, S2Z, 12 per inch Weft: Wool, 24 per inch Structure: Slit-tapestry with areas of vertical dove-tailing       Plate Nine Probably another large spotted bird was placed in the missing area to the right of the tree-like design with swirling spiral branches presented in this wondrous fragment but any other ideas concerning the actual iconography of the rest of the field or borders must be left to our imagination. This combination of such a colorful and large scale animal and tree design, when complete, must have truly been visually awesome.