Coptic textile fragment, unknown maker from Egypt

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Coptic textile fragment
Coptic textile fragment
Coptic textile fragment
Coptic period (300 CE–700 CE)
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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Exhibition Label: 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.