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Compound woven textile
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Byzantine
4th-7th century A.D.
Object Place: Coptic, Egypt
Medium/Technique
Wool; weft-faced compound tabby
Dimensions
Height x width: 15.5 x 17.5 cm (6 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number40.54
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ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp of wool; ground of light brown wool with an all-over deisgn of connected octagons, each enclosing a bird framed by a scrolled branch, of dark brown wool; probably a fragment of a covering.