Textile fragment with decorative band

Details

• Title

  Textile fragment with decorative band

• Associated place

  Africa › Egypt (place of creation)

  Africa › Egypt › Sawhāj › Akhmim (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  7th century AD (AD 601 - 700)

• Material and technique

  silk, twill woven, on linen

• Material index

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  organic › vegetal › fibre › flax › linen

• Technique index

  woven › twill woven

• Object type

  textile

• Dimensions

  13 x 9.5 cm (length x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1996.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 28 | Asian Crossroads

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1996.36

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