The Lost Sheep (?)
5th–8th century (Late Antique)
The Walters Art Museum
A Coptic tapestry fragment from Egypt, woven in wool and linen. Its figured design and border preserve late antique textile practice in compact form.
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The Walters Art Museum
A governed exhibition of open-access museum objects connected through living-heritage themes.
Tunic Border Piece
100-200 CE
The Walters Art Museum
A Nazca textile border with three-dimensional figures and stem-stitch embroidery. It concentrates technical invention along the edge of a garment or hanging.
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Garment Decoration ("Segmentum") with Man Killing Panther
4th-5th century (Early Byzantine)
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An early Byzantine textile ornament from Egypt. Hunt imagery and woven ornament link dress, decoration, and symbolic motifs in a small format.
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Panel
100 BCE-300 CE
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A Sihuas textile panel from Peru made in camelid fibers. Its abstract deity and geometric format show Andean weaving as a carrier of symbolic knowledge.
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Carrying Bag
100 BCE-300 CE
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A large woven bag from the Sihuas culture of Peru. Its geometric design suggests both practical use and the visual communication of identity.
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Mummification Bandage of Userwer
ca. 399-343 BCE (Late Period, 29th-30th dynasty)
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An inscribed linen bandage from Late Period Egypt. Its material and text connect textile production with funerary ritual and protective belief.
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Face Mask
300 BC-AD 300 (Late Pre-Classic)
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A ceramic mask from Colima, Mexico. Its form places mask-making within ancient ritual and funerary traditions of Mesoamerica.
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Face Plaque
AD 250-600 (Early Classic)
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A limestone face plaque from Teotihuacán. Drill holes and inlay settings suggest attachment to an effigy or funerary bundle rather than live wear.
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Hare in roundel
5th–6th century
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A tapestry-woven roundel with a hare motif, made in Egypt between the 5th and 6th centuries. It shows how small textile units could carry durable decorative language.
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