Harvard Art Museums > 2002.318.15: Band with Medallion and Dancers Textile Arts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Band with Medallion and Dancers , 2002.318.15,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 01, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/315210. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2002.318.15 Title Band with Medallion and Dancers Classification Textile Arts Work Type textile Date 4th century Places Creation Place: Africa, Egypt Period Byzantine period, Early Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/315210 Physical Descriptions Medium Linen and wool, tapestry woven Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Carroll F. Wales Accession Year 2002 Object Number 2002.318.15 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Tapestry woven band representing a bust portrait and three dancers. The bust portrait is oriented perpendicularly to the orientation of the standing dancers. It is positioned in a medallion with a thick border. The bust, likely a female, stretches out a scarf displaying fruits in front of her chest. This is a common attitude for personifications of the earth or the seasons. The arrangement of the fragments in this area is uncertain. Below the medallion are two dancers, one with arm raised and wearing a full length tunic, perhaps a maenad. A smaller figure raises his or her hands to his face (playing an instrument?). Both dancers look upwards towards the medallion with the female bust. Vine tendrils fill the interior space of the band. While most of the band features figural decoration woven with dark blue yarns against a white background, this is reversed at bottom. At bottom a white figure stands against a blue-colored square, one arm raised and the other holding an object, maybe a shepherd’s crook (pedum); the figure possibly wears a loincloth. Flying shuttle creates details of the figures. Remnants of a simple border design are visible on both sides of the bands. Commentary Similarities with Detroit Institute of Arts 30.243 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
