id: 108417 accession number: 1926.145 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.145 updated: 2022-05-17 09:00:08.655000 Ornamental Shoulder Bands from a Tunic, 500s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 6th century. Tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool; average: 7 x 43.5 cm (2 3/4 x 17 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt 1926.145 title: Ornamental Shoulder Bands from a Tunic title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 500s creation date earliest: 500 creation date latest: 599 current location: creditline: Gift of George D. Pratt copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Byzantine period, 6th century technique: tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool department: Textiles collection: T - Coptic type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Average: 7 x 43.5 cm (2 3/4 x 17 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Coptic Textile Rotation opening date: 2011-04-04T04:00:00 Coptic Textile Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 4, 2011-May 21, 2012). title: Coptic Textile Rotation opening date: 2017-05-23T04:00:00 Coptic Textile Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 23, 2017-May 14, 2018). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The orientation of the figures indicates that these were vertical bands on a tunic descending from the shoulders. Human figures under arches alternate with dogs, rabbits, and a lion. The right band displays a nude female dancer playing finger cymbals at the top and bottom, and in the center, a hunter dressed in a short garment (chiton) draped over one shoulder carries a shield in his right hand and a rock in his raised hand. The left band displays, from top to bottom, a nude male carrying a leafy branch; a shepherd carrying a shepherd’s crook and dressed in a skirt of animal skin; and a nude female dancer with a scarf loosely draped behind her. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1926.145/1926.145_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1926.145/1926.145_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1926.145/1926.145_full.tif