Thyrsus (or thyrsos) -shaped tapestry-woven panel depicting two Bacchic dancers with distorted features and crossed legs, moving on either side of a large candlestick-shaped "floral" motif. Below this at the point of the thyrsus is a two handled vessel. The straight end of the thyrsus has a twisting S-motif worked in natural threads on a dark ground in opposition to the rest of the ornament. [This may represent a vine that traditionally covered the shaft and bottom of the thyrsus carried by Dionysus.] The whole motif is surrounded with an outline of dark threads, an outline of light threads and an outer wave-pattern border. The motif is woven in silhouette style (monochrome) in dark brown/purple with natural yarns woven in eccentric fashion to delineate of body parts and features. The tapestry woven ornament is woven into a plain-woven ground fabric. All four sides of the panel are cut and unfinished. Techniques include, slanted weft, eccentric weft, tapestry weaving, plain weaving (warp faced to large extent), dovetailing, slit tapestry Fiber: Wool Yarns: S twist singles Weave structure: Tapestry 2nd fiber i.d. Christine Downie, 11-3-2016, wool warp and weft. Thread Count: Warps S spun 30 TPI Weft Tapestry S spun 114 TPI Weft Plain S spun 64 TPI