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Tapestry band

Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Byzantine
6th–7th century A.D.

Medium/Technique Wool; tapestry
Dimensions Height x width: 13.4 x 3.7 cm (5 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.1133
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionDark blackish brown woolen ground; on this is a square enclosing a circle with a pink woolen ground and a seated child (putto ?) holding a bird with an irregular yellow form. At the top and bottom is a narrow border of hook-like forms.