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Coptic. <em>Fragment of Hanging</em>, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail01_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. Fragment of Hanging, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail01_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. <em>Fragment of Hanging</em>, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment of Hanging, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment of Hanging</em>, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment of Hanging, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment of Hanging</em>, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail03_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment of Hanging, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail03_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment of Hanging</em>, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail04_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment of Hanging, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail04_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment of Hanging</em>, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail05_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment of Hanging, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail05_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment of Hanging</em>, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail06_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment of Hanging, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail06_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment of Hanging</em>, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail07_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment of Hanging, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail07_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment of Hanging</em>, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail08_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment of Hanging, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail08_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment of Hanging</em>, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment of Hanging, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_ICA.jpg)

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Fragment of Hanging

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Coptic
MEDIUM Flax
DATES 5th–6th century C.E., possibly
PERIOD Late Antique Period
DIMENSIONS Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 26.754
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Long Island Historical Society
PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not yet documented; by 1926, acquired by the Long Island Historical Society; 1926, gift of the Long Island Historical Society to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Coptic. Fragment of Hanging, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail01_ICA.jpg)
IMAGE detail, CUR.26.754_detail01_ICA.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), 2007
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Coptic. <em>Fragment of Hanging</em>, 5th–6th century C.E., possibly. Flax, Approximate measurements: 50 x 43 in. (127 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Long Island Historical Society, 26.754. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.26.754_detail01_ICA.jpg)

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