Textile
date: label: Date
content: 9th–12th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tapestry band in Sassanian style shows two pelicans on either side of a conventionalized tree of life. Pearl roundel above encloses an eight-pointed star.
place: label: made in
content: Egypt
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Emil Delmar
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-112-2
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: undyed linen warp (Z2S), Z-spun wool weft with S-spun undyed linen Technique: weft-faced plain weave; slit tapestry with non-horizontal wefts
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 19.1 × 9.5 cm (7 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)