Textile fragment

Museum number:
5-13753
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013753
Accession number:
Acc.3490
Description:
Textile fragment., Egypt unsp. 5-13753. Acc No. 3490. Pre-1969. Collector: Ms. Betty Hill. Donor: Ms. Barbara Kral. Material and techniques: Wool in tapestry and plainweave. Attributions of dates, culture and use: Late Coptic, ca. 3-400 A.D. Description: Textile fragment; varicolored tapestry weave abstract design on brown ground inside elongated U on stem; sewn to plainweave golden colored fragment; h. 15.7, w. 7.8 cm.
Donor:
Ms. Barbara Kral
Collection place:
Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Egypt unspec.
Culture or time period:
Coptic Egypt (312–641 AD)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fragments (object portions) and Textile samples
Production date:
300-400 AD
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Late Coptic (300–400 AD)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile fragment, accession number 5-13753, described as Textile fragment., Egypt unsp. 5-13753. Acc No. 3490. Pre-1969. Collector: Ms. Betty Hill. Donor: Ms. Barbara Kral. Material and techniques: Wool in tapestry and plainweave. Attributions of dates, culture and use: Late Coptic, ca. 3-400 A.D. Description: Textile fragment; varicolored tapestry weave abstract design on brown ground inside elongated U on stem; sewn to plainweave golden colored fragment; h. 15.7, w. 7.8 cm.

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