Band with Cross and Short-legged Aquatic Birds
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This finely worked band includes a cross among its varied pattern. While Egyptian textiles with religiously significant motifs are relatively rare, crosses may have been meant to associate the owners with their Christian faith. On this band a tall cross is decorated as if covered with jewels in a technique called the flying shuttle. The plump aquatic birds and curling wave patterns may refer to the Nile, the source of all abundance in Egypt. The red and white braid to the far right identifies the band as part of the decoration extending from the neck of a tunic.
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