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Tunic band
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Tunic band
- Place of origin:
Egypt (made)
- Date:
300-499 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Tapestry-woven silk
- Credit Line:
Given by Sir C. Purdon Clarke
- Museum number:
335-1887
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This delicately woven fragmentary shoulder band and the panel with which it is associated- (see image) is a rare survivor when compared to the numerous wool and linen examples which were discovered in the burial grounds of Egypt.
Silk production was not native to Egypt and silk weaving of this kind may have been imported, and is therefore of particular interest and value. The scale of the panel and shoulder band suggest that this may have come from a child's tunic (and probably a boy's given the theme), and if so he must have come from a high ranking family. The hunting scene contains an ibis, two fish, an asp and a quail These representations come from late classical art and depict the hunt as both a sport and a source of food.
