Coptic textile fragment

Coptic textile fragment , Coptic period (300 CE–700 CE)

Where object was made: Egypt

Material/technique: wool; linen

Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 27.7 x 11.2 cm
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 25 in

Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial

Accession number: 1928.0121

Not on display

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Teaching Gallery: Coptic Textiles

This textile fragment has two rows of swimming humans and animals. This motif, symbolic of the unity of land and water, may represent Egypt’s most important source of fertility: the Nile River. This fragment likely was a sleeve band on a tunic.

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Teaching Gallery, Nov-2012, Tasha Dare
This textile fragment has two rows of swimming humans and animals. This motif, symbolic of the unity of land and water, may represent Egypt’s most important source of fertility: the Nile River. This fragment likely was a sleeve band on a tunic.