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Fragment of a garment
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Islamic
7th–9th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Wool; tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width (a): 46 x 18.5 cm (18 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Height x width (b): 9 x 40 cm (3 9/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Height x width (b): 9 x 40 cm (3 9/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number08.384a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWarp of yellow wool; ground of yellow wool, and design woven with brownish violet, yellow, green, blue and red wool.
08.384a: Part of the neck of a garment; the design shows on the right and left, pairs of standing human figures each with a raised right arm and an open palm (dancers ?), and in the middle plants each flanked by a bird, or an animal in the lower tier, and animals and standing human figures each with a raised right arm and an open palm (dancers ?) in the upper tier.
08.384a: Shoulder band with a design of pairs of standing human figures each raising the right arm with an open palm (dancers ?). Parts of the band are torn.
08.384a: Part of the neck of a garment; the design shows on the right and left, pairs of standing human figures each with a raised right arm and an open palm (dancers ?), and in the middle plants each flanked by a bird, or an animal in the lower tier, and animals and standing human figures each with a raised right arm and an open palm (dancers ?) in the upper tier.
08.384a: Shoulder band with a design of pairs of standing human figures each raising the right arm with an open palm (dancers ?). Parts of the band are torn.