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Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671A_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671A_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671A_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671A_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671A_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671A_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671A_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671A_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671B_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671B_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671B_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671B_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671B_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671B_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671C_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671C_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671C_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671C_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671C_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671C_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671D_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671D_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671D_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671D_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671D_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671D_detail01_ICA.jpg)

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4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Coptic
MEDIUM Flax, wool
DATES 6th century C.E.
PERIOD Late Antique Period
DIMENSIONS 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm) 38.671b: 3 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (8.3 x 28.6 cm) 38.671c: 3 x 11 1/4 in. (7.6 x 28.6 cm) 38.671d: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 38.671a-d
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Coptic. 4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671A_ICA.jpg)
IMAGE component, a, CUR.38.671A_ICA.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), 2007
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Coptic. <em>4 Border Fragments with Animal and Botanical Decorations</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 38.671a: 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (7 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.671a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.671A_ICA.jpg)

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