Tunic Fragment with Segmentum

Description

Segmentum (medallions) like this decorated tunics in Coptic Egypt. Medallions were woven into a tunic’s shoulders or lower half. This medallion's design scheme displays waves encircling geometric shapes and representational images. Coptic can refer to a language, an ethnic group, a religion, or an artistic style (which wasn’t always Christian). Coptic classical imagery reflects the Hellenized (Greek, 305–30 BC) and Roman cultures of Egypt (30 BC–AD 395) before the Byzantine era.

Provenance

(Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (1982); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1982-)

Tunic Fragment with Segmentum

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c. 500

Accession Number

1982.270

Medium

Wool, linen, and dye

Dimensions

Overall: 34 x 29.2 cm (13 3/8 x 11 1/2 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund