id:			130598
accession number:	1953.320
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.320
updated:		2024-03-26 11:01:43.343000

Panel from a Head Covering (‘ajar), probably 1800s or early 1900s. Africa, North Africa, Tunisia, probably Testour or Tunis, Tunisian weaver. Silk: plain cloth, brocaded; overall: 117.2 x 53.4 cm (46 1/8 x 21 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.320

title:				Panel from a Head Covering (‘ajar)
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creation date:			probably 1800s or early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1925
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Africa, North Africa, Tunisia, probably Testour or Tunis, Tunisian weaver
technique:	Silk: plain cloth, brocaded
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 117.2 x 53.4 cm (46 1/8 x 21 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Jose Viñas, Barcelona, Spain, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1953
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1953-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Gillow, John. African Textiles: Colour and Creativity Across a Continent. London: Thames &amp; Hudson, 2003.
	page number: 	p. 232
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.320/1953.320_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.320/1953.320_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.320/1953.320_full.tif