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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1975.41.31.A
Title
Fragments from "Hanging decorated with crosses and floral motifs"
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
5th-7th century
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Bawit (Egypt)
Period
Byzantine period, Early
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/318500

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cotton, Z spun, plain weave, resist-dyed in indigo and red pigment
Technique
Resist dyed

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hagop Kevorkian, New York (by 1941-1962), by descent; to The Hagop Kevorkian Foundation, New York (1962-1975), gift; to the Fogg Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Foundation in memory of Hagop Kevorkian
Accession Year
1975
Object Number
1975.41.31.A
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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