Photo of collection object Reliquary bag with lions
Reliquary bag with lions, late 1100s-1300s. cloth d’areste, weft-faced lozenge twill variant: silk and gold thread, Average: 8 x 36.9 cm (3 1/8 x 14 1/2 in.). Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1931.462.c. CC0.

Reliquary bag with lions

late 1100s-1300s

Maker Unknown

Textiles

Reliquary bag with lions, late 1100s-1300s. Spain, probably Almeria. Cloth d’areste, weft-faced lozenge twill variant: silk and gold thread; average: 8 x 36.9 cm (3 1/8 x 14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1931.462.c This silk bag originally held bits of mummified flesh or tissue which was labeled as being from Saint Bartholomew.
Maker/Artist
Maker Unknown
Classification
Textile
Formatted Medium
cloth d’areste, weft-faced lozenge twill variant: silk and gold thread
Dimensions
Average: 8 x 36.9 cm (3 1/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
Departments
Textiles
Accession Number
1931.462.c
Credit Line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Rights Statement
CC0

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