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Tunics with decoration on the front and back were worn by both men and women. These long bands, called clavi, feature pairs of stylized haloed figures gesturing, possibly in dance, and wearing short skirts with scarves across their chests. They alternate with pairs of foxes (?) and fish. The ancient repair in the lower center of this woolen winter tunic reveals that decorated cloth was expensive, and thus often mended and reused.
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108415
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Fragment of a Tunic
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object
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108415
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object
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Fragment of a Tunic
description
Tunics with decoration on the front and back were worn by both men and women. These long bands, called clavi, feature pairs of stylized haloed figures gesturing, possibly in dance, and wearing short skirts with scarves across their chests. They alternate with pairs of foxes (?) and fish. The ancient repair in the lower center of this woolen winter tunic reveals that decorated cloth was expensive, and thus often mended and reused.
date
400s–600s CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80056710
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 94 x 39.4 cm (37 x 15 1/2 in.); Mounted: 99.7 x 48.3 cm (39 1/4 x 19 in.)
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Egypt, Byzantine period
accession
1926.143
Source extras
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wool: tabby ground, inwoven tapestry ornament
tombstone
Fragment of a Tunic, 400s–600s CE. Egypt, Byzantine period. Wool: tabby ground, inwoven tapestry ornament; overall: 94 x 39.4 cm (37 x 15 1/2 in.); mounted: 99.7 x 48.3 cm (39 1/4 x 19 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1926.143
collection
T - Coptic
didYouKnow
The dark blue dye is made from indigo.
citations
citation
G. U. “Coptic Textiles.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 13, no. 9 (1926).
page_number
p. 196
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Gift of George D. Pratt
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2026-05-29 05:48:18.273000
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108415
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Textiles
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T - Coptic
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wool: tabby ground, inwoven tapestry ornament
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