Textile Fragment with Various Animals, Interlacing Patterns, and Lozenge Borders

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Title

Textile Fragment with Various Animals, Interlacing Patterns, and Lozenge Borders

Description

This textile fragment features a band with various animal figures. Bordering these figures on the top and the bottom is a interlacing pattern with a Greek cross and several knots, all apotropaic images. This patterned is bordered by a series of connected lozenge shapes.

Creator

Unknown

Date

Late Antique / Byzantine / Early Islamic, 2-9 century CE

Rights

Hallie Ford Museum of Art, gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

Coverage

5.75" X 8"

Citation

Unknown, “Textile Fragment with Various Animals, Interlacing Patterns, and Lozenge Borders,” Hallie Ford Museum of Art Exhibits, accessed December 22, 2024, https://library.willamette.edu/hfma/omeka/items/show/280.