1931.35.7: Fragment of a Clavus (tunic band): Figure and Floral Design
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1931.35.7
- Title
- Fragment of a Clavus (tunic band): Figure and Floral Design
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 6th-7th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215199
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Wool and linen, tapestry weave
- Technique
- Woven, tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- 25.72 x 4.76 cm (10 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt
- Accession Year
- 1931
- Object Number
- 1931.35.7
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Haloed figure against pink background. Figure has simplified body, covered arms, long blue and gold cloak with a red mantle, and a face consisting of large eyes, a long nose, and rosy cheeks. Below the haloed figure, heartshaped red and green buds alternate with opulent blooms woven against a light background. Border of interlocking colored segments.
- Commentary
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The haloed figure is possibly a Christian saint, though he or she has no identifying attributes or accompanying inscription to make this designation certain. This lack of specific features, though, is typical of representations of holy personages appearing on textiles in Late Antiquity.
Cat no. G317 in Pierre du Bourguet's Les Etoffes Coptes du Musee du Louvre. Editions des Musees Nationaux (1964) features the same floral elements and border as does this clavus.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3740 Egyptian, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/01/2017 - 11/28/2017
Verification Level
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