Band fragment
date: label: Date
content: 4th–5th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Narrow band fragment in dark brown and natural linen shows a procession of animals moving left to right. The animals, which alternate between a long-bodied spotted animal and a more compact animal with long ears and a tail, are enclosed by a double guard border. Outside this border is a scrolling wave pattern.
place: label: made in
content: Egypt
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kirkor Minassian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-29-2
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Band fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: S-spun undyed linen weft, S-spun undyed wool warp and weft Technique: slit tapestry weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4.3 × 22 cm (1 11/16 × 8 11/16 in.)