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Tapestry
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Byzantine
5th-6th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width: 8.5 x 24.5 cm (3 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.672
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDark brown wool ground into which is woven with white and red wool a design of a band with five adjacent squares; three of the five squares enclose individual lozenge motifs and each of the two between them encloses a swastika. the lozenges enclose a six ray-like motif; the outer frame consists of a crenelated festoon border on one side. Like 15.670 and 15.671.
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