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"tombstone": "Two Figures Framed by a Jeweled Border, 450\u2013550 CE. Byzantine Empire (Egypt). Wool, linen, and dye; overall: 24.1 x 28.6 cm (9 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.); mounted: 33 x 37.5 cm (13 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1979.58",
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"title": "Year in Review: 1979",
"description": "Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).",
"opening_date": "1980-02-13T05:00:00"
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"title": "Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation",
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"title": "Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106",
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"id": 232952,
"title": "Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity",
"description": "Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, NY, New York, NY (February 25-May 22, 2016).",
"opening_date": "2016-02-25T00:00:00"
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"id": 343660,
"title": "Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106",
"description": "Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13, 2019-May 11, 2020).",
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"title": "Africa & Byzantium",
"description": "Africa & Byzantium. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (co-organizer) (April 14-July 21, 2024).",
"opening_date": "2023-11-13T05:00:00"
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"description": "This weaving depicts a haloed man and woman. However, it once had a third figure at left. The textile was damaged before its 1979 acquisition; only the third figure\u2019s partial halo and shoes remained. Staff decided to \u201cclose the gap\u201d around the missing area and remove the shoes. While creating a \u201ccomplete\u201d image, that removal affects our ability to understand the weaving\u2019s subject. Many questions remain: Who are the man and woman? His red cap may identify him as an \u201cEasterner\u201d or a freeman. Who was their missing companion? Continuing research will consider biblical and Greek mythological stories in which threads play a role.",
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"citation": "Thomas, Thelma K. \"Material Meaning in Late Antiquity.\" In Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Thelma K. Thomas, ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: P. 24, fig. 1-1.4",
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