Tunic, child's

Description

Child's linen tunic ornamented with shoulder bands woven in dark brown thread: Coptic, excavated by Albert Gayet in Durunkah, Egypt, 7th to 8th century

Museum reference

A.1924.328

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tunic, child's

Production information

Durunkah, Asyut, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

7th - 8th century

Style / Culture

Coptic

Materials

Linen

Physical description

Linen ornamented with shoulder bands woven in dark brown

References

‘Exposition Universelle de 1900. Palais du Costume. Le Costume en Egypte du IIIe au XIIIe siècle d'après les fouilles de M. Al. Gayet’, no. 564.

Scarce, Jennifer (2003), Women's Costume of the Near and Middle East, pp. 119-20

Vogelsang-Eastwood, Gillian (2016), Encyclopedia of Embroidery from the Arab World, pp. 90-91