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Source Description
This fragment originally decorated a tunic, the prevalent garment worn by adults and children around the Byzantine Mediterranean. Six square panels feature stylized human figures in various states of movement. With baskets and vessels in hand, they sit, stand, and leap within the scenes. Separating the square panels in the middle, two decorative bands depict alternating stylized figural busts, birds, baskets, and vegetal motifs. Tunic decoration such as this provided wearers a way to express their social status through clothes.
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Document identity
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108431
label
Fragment, Sleeve Ornament from a Tunic
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object
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108431
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object
title
Fragment, Sleeve Ornament from a Tunic
description
This fragment originally decorated a tunic, the prevalent garment worn by adults and children around the Byzantine Mediterranean. Six square panels feature stylized human figures in various states of movement. With baskets and vessels in hand, they sit, stand, and leap within the scenes. Separating the square panels in the middle, two decorative bands depict alternating stylized figural busts, birds, baskets, and vegetal motifs. Tunic decoration such as this provided wearers a way to express their social status through clothes.
date
500s - early 600s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80056747
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 21.6 x 20.6 cm (8 1/2 x 8 1/8 in.); Mounted: 29.8 x 28.6 cm (11 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.)
cul
Egypt, Byzantine period
accession
1926.155.a
Source extras
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tapestry (probably originally inwoven in tabby ground); wool
tombstone
Fragment, Sleeve Ornament from a Tunic, 500s - early 600s. Egypt, Byzantine period. Tapestry (probably originally inwoven in tabby ground); wool; overall: 21.6 x 20.6 cm (8 1/2 x 8 1/8 in.); mounted: 29.8 x 28.6 cm (11 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1926.155.a
collection
T - Coptic
creditline
Gift of George D. Pratt
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2026-05-29 05:48:23.803000
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108431
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Textiles
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T - Coptic
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tapestry (probably originally inwoven in tabby ground); wool
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1
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0
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photo
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