Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish
Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish
Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish
Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish
Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish
Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish
Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish
Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish
Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish
Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish
Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish
Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish

Currently not on view

Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish,

6th–7th century CE

y1949-21

Information

Title
Textile fragment with Nilotic birds and fish
Dates

6th–7th century CE

Medium
Wool and linen
Dimensions
17.5 x 9.7 cm. (6 7/8 x 3 13/16 in.) mount (1): 31 × 21.5 cm (12 3/16 × 8 7/16 in.) mount (2): 32 × 23 cm (12 5/8 × 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Caroline G. Mather Fund
Object Number
y1949-21
Place Made

Egypt

Period
Coptic (period)
Type
textiles, fragments
Materials
wool (textile)
Subject
ducks, fish, wave pattern, birds

Purchased by the Museum (Caroline G. Mather Fund) in 1949 from an unknown source.

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