Ornamental Shoulder Bands from a Tunic
AD 500s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Ornamental Shoulder Bands from a Tunic, AD 500s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 6th century. Tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool; average: 7 x 43.5 cm (2 3/4 x 17 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt 1926.145 One band contains a nude female dancer playing finger cymbals while the other shows a shepherd carrying a crook and dressed in a skirt of animal skin.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
- Dimensions
- Average: 7 x 43.5 cm (2 3/4 x 17 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1926.145
- Credit Line
- Gift of George D. Pratt
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106A Migration Period & Coptic
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