- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1931.36
- Title
- Band with Animal Motifs
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Period
- Byzantine period
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215280
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Linen and wool, tapestry woven
- Technique
- Woven, tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- 71.76 x 13.97 cm (28 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt
- Accession Year
- 1931
- Object Number
- 1931.36
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- A large tapestry-woven band filled with abstract and colorful animal motifs and possibly also several human figures. The composition of the band is divided into diamond and triangle shaped spaces by a trellis pattern; these spaces are filled with animals. Where the diamonds and triangles join are small yellow medallions containing white flowers. At the top and bottom of the diamonds are half medallions with half flowers. The trellis is defined by rows of trumpet-shaped flowers. The triangular spaces between each diamond contain the same figures in mirror image symmetry.
Along the sides of the inhabited area are borders consisting of connected lozenges; these lozenges are divided into colored segments and resemble jewels. Pairs of lozenges share the same design. Yellow, green, white, pink, red, and blue are the main colors used in the textile.
Undyed warps.
- Exhibition History
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32Q: 3740 Egyptian, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/01/2022 - 11/28/2022
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