Harvard Art Museums > 1924.117: Band with Stylized Animals 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 Stylized Animals , 1924.117,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/215281. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1924.117 Title Band with Stylized Animals Classification Textile Arts Work Type textile Date 3rd-5th century CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa Period Byzantine period Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/215281 Physical Descriptions Medium Blue and buff wool with linen threads on wool warps Dimensions 7.94 x 23.5 cm (3 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross Accession Year 1924 Object Number 1924.117 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 This is a tapestry woven band, with the design executed in dark blue wool. The visible warps are yellow in color. The band contains seven circles of a regularized, twisting vine inhabited by a sequence of alternating animals. Perhaps they are lions or hares. Every other animal wears a ribbon round its neck. The borders of the band are created out of thick zigzagging vines. The outer empty spaces along this vine sprout acanthus or grape leaves. The inner sides of the vine border are filled diamond shapes. The designs running along these two thick vines are created in a slightly darker and yellower thread than the other areas of undyed yarn. Details of the animals and the outer vine borders are executed in flying shuttle using undyed thread. Commentary This band is a match for 1924.124, also a gift of Denman Waldo Ross. These two fragments have border designs very similar to that of 1924.110, though their relation to that piece is not certain. This textile band's design and approximate dimensions match those of 96.152a and 96.152b in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Those pieces were also a gift from the collection of Denman Waldo Ross, and were likely to come from the same textile. The MFA’s 96.1652a is a single band with 15 circles of the design, height of 3 9/16 in. and a length of 18 1/8 in. MFA 96.152b is a cuff band with 11 circles of the design, dimensions: 6 5/16 and 14 9/16 in. Exhibition History Early Christian Africa: Arts of Transformation, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/05/2020 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
