2002.318.9: Roundel: Animals Around a Hunter
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.318.9
- Title
- Roundel: Animals Around a Hunter
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Culture
- Coptic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/315204
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Linen and wool, tapestry woven
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Carroll F. Wales
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.318.9
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Roundel containing purple animals running around an inner roundel. Innermost roundel contains a human figure, possibly a hunter holding a shield. This human figure is surrounded by a purple serrated border within a thick dark blue ring. Details of the animals and human are created with the flying shuttle technique. The main roundel has a solid purple border inside a blue wave scroll pattern that changes direction at the top of the roundel. Yellow fabric outside the roundel. Yellow warps in the tapestry woven area.
Verification Level
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