Dress Fragment
This roundel was cut from a larger textile that was found in the tomb. Though very damaged, the Greco-Roman influence is clearly visible in the figure’s hairstyle, his diverted gaze, and the geometric border of fragment. This textile and the traditional Egyptian coffin panel were found in the same burial; the two objects together represent the multiple ways Kharga peoples portrayed their cultural identities in the afterlife.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dress Fragment
- Date: 4th century
- Geography: Made in Kharga Oasis, Byzantine Egypt
- Culture: Coptic
- Medium: Linen, wool
- Dimensions: Overall: 8 1/4 × 16 9/16 in. (21 × 42 cm)
Framed (with 33.10.44): 45 5/8 × 86 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (115.9 × 220.3 × 4.4 cm) - Classification: Textiles-Costumes-Secular
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1933
- Object Number: 33.10.52
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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