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Source Description
This silk textile with a lampas weave features alternating designs of eight-pointed stars, ogival (curved) medallions, and floral patterns. This fragment would have likely once been part of a wider belt, called hizam, worn by elite Moroccan women over their gowns.
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Document identity
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98464
label
Fragment of a belt (hizam)
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
98464
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object
title
Fragment of a belt (hizam)
description
This silk textile with a lampas weave features alternating designs of eight-pointed stars, ogival (curved) medallions, and floral patterns. This fragment would have likely once been part of a wider belt, called hizam, worn by elite Moroccan women over their gowns.
date
1800s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79484336
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Textile
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 24.1 x 32.3 cm (9 1/2 x 12 11/16 in.)
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Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan weaver
accession
1918.192
Source extras
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Silk, dye
tombstone
Fragment of a belt (hizam), 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan weaver. Silk, dye; overall: 24.1 x 32.3 cm (9 1/2 x 12 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1918.192
collection
T - Islamic
citations
citation
Paydar, Niloo Imami, and Ivo Grammet. <em>The Fabric of Moroccan Life</em>. Indianapolis, Ind: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2002.
page_number
p. 100-117
citation
Alaoui, Rachida. <em>Florilège de la broderie marocaine</em>. [Milan]: Skira, 2011.
creditline
Dudley P. Allen Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:18:52.016000
sourceId
98464
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Textiles
coll
T - Islamic
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Silk, dye
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1
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0
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photo
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