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    "localId": "150677",
    "label": "Fragment of a Band or Border",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "150677",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Fragment of a Band or Border",
    "description": "This lively hunting scene features a central figure grappling with a lion. He is flanked by hunters on horseback brandishing swords. The swirling clothing of the hunters and the dynamic poses of the animals give a sense of movement to the band. The entire scene is bordered with a vibrant floral design. Hunting was a popular artistic theme in pre-Islamic traditions, including Sasanian and Assyrian art, and was then adopted into Islamic artistic vernacular.",
    "date": "late 600s–800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.110",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79933235"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textile"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.110/1982.110_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.110/1982.110_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.110/1982.110_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 12.7 x 21.8 cm (5 x 8 9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Egypt, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258)"
    ],
    "accession": "1982.11"
}

{
    "tec": "Wool and linen: tapestry weave",
    "tombstone": "Fragment of a Band or Border, late 600s–800s. Egypt, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258). Wool and linen: tapestry weave; overall: 12.7 x 21.8 cm (5 x 8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1982.110",
    "collection": "T - Coptic",
    "didYouKnow": "The warp is undyed linen, and the weft is wool for the polychrome and linen for the white.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Strong, Meghan E. “Art of the Islamic World.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine  </em>61, no. 3 (Summer 2021): 28-30.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 29."
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.110",
    "creditline": "Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:46:22.745000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.110/1982.110_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 150677,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Coptic",
    "med": "Wool and linen: tapestry weave",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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}