The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Neck and Shoulder Decoration from a Tunic
late 400s - 500s
Overall: 14.3 x 35.6 cm (5 5/8 x 14 in.); Mounted: 22.9 x 43.2 cm (9 x 17 in.)
Gift of George D. Pratt 1926.148
Location: 106A Migration Period & Coptic
Description
This tunic fragment with a straight neck opening in the center and one surviving shoulder square may have symbolically protected the wearer from danger. This is suggested by interlacing knots. These delicate decorations in small deep purple discs alternate with human busts in roundels.- Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 2001-October 15, 2002).Beyond the Pharoahs: Egypt and the Copts in the 2nd to 7th Centuries, A.D. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (February 10-April 16, 1989); Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (May 17-July 15, 1989).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.148