Tunic fragment with clavus bands
date: label: Date
content: 5th–6th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fragment of a linen tunic with nearly intact clavus bands with pendant medallions in-woven in wool tapestry. Bands have a red ground with polychrome figures of very stylized animals, and black borders with scrolling patterns.
place: label: made in
content: Egypt
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1902-1-21
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Tunic fragment with clavus bands
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: Warp: S-spun, Z-twisted 2-ply linen; Wefts: S-spun linen, S-spun wool Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (slit tapestry), with supplementary weft wrapping Label: wool slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping in linen foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 74.9 x 29.2 cm (29 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)