id: 161005 accession number: 1999.253 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.253 updated: 2025-05-10 11:04:34.603000 Belt (Hizam), 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Fes, Moroccan weaver. Silk, dye, metal; overall: 396.8 x 38 cm (156 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.253 title: Belt (Hizam) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1800s creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1899 current location: 234 Textile Gallery creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Fes, Moroccan weaver technique: Silk, dye, metal department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 396.8 x 38 cm (156 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Islamic art rotation opening date: 2015-12-16T05:00:00 Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2015-December 19, 2016). title: Arts of the Maghreb: North African Textiles and Jewelry opening date: 2024-11-03T04:00:00 Arts of the Maghreb: North African Textiles and Jewelry. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 2024-October 12, 2025). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Gebremedhen, Helina. “Arts of the Maghreb: North African Textiles and Jewelry – Curatorial Reflections.” Journal 18, Issue #19 (Spring 2025). page number: url: https://www.journal18.org/19-africa/arts-of-the-maghreb-north-african-textiles-and-jewelry-curatorial-reflections/ Paydar, Niloo Imami, and Ivo Grammet. The Fabric of Moroccan Life. Indianapolis, Ind: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2002. page number: p. 110-117 url: Alaoui, Rachida. Florilège de la broderie marocaine. [Milan]: Skira, 2011. page number: p. 35-37 url: Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. page number: Reproduced: P. 40-41, fig. 1.24; Mentioned: P. 40 url: "March [calendar].” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 65, no. 1 (2025): 17. page number: Reproduced: p. 17. url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM-2025-01 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1999.253/1999.253_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1999.253/1999.253_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1999.253/1999.253_full.tif