Tapestry fragment

Museum number:

5-2041

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21050002041

Accession number:

Acc.374

Description:

Strip of tapestry sewn to backing; linen; varicolored on natural backing; religious figures with halos; floral meander border. May be Coptic.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Egypt

Verbatim coll. place:

Egypt; unspecified

Culture or time period:

Coptic Egypt (312–641 AD)

Collector:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Materials:

Linen (material)

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Floral patterns and Tapestries

Accession date:

1909

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Loans:

S1967-1968 #110: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (April 1, 1968–April 29, 1968), S1968-1969 #64: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Joanne Segal Brandford (January 16, 1969–January 16, 1969), S1968-1969 #98: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Joanne Segal Brandford (April 9, 1969–May 8, 1969), S1971-1972 #113: City of Palo Alto (March 24, 1972–June 5, 1972), S1980-1981 #58: University of California, Davis (April 3, 1981–September 12, 1981), S1984-1985 #28: University of California, Davis/Univ. of Hawaii, UC Davis, Richmond Art Center (January 18, 1985–March 13, 1985), S1985-1986 #38: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Gyöngy Laky (May 12, 1986–May 20, 1986), S1986-1987 #29: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis) (April 15, 1987–June 11, 1987), S1987-1988 #40: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Gyöngy Laky (March 1988–May 6, 1988), S1989-1990 #21: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Gyöngy Laky (April 10, 1990–April 18, 1990), S1990-1991 #30: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Gyöngy Laky (April 16, 1991–May 6, 1991), S1991-1992 #26: University of California, Davis/Gyöngy Laky (April 14, 1992–May 22, 1992), S1992-1993 #23: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Gyöngy Laky (April 19, 1993–April 30, 1993), S1993-1994 #17: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Gyöngy Laky (April 19, 1994–April 28, 1994), and S1994-1995 #11: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Gyöngy Laky (April 11, 1995–April 28, 1995)

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