The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Ornamental Shoulder Band from a Tunic
600–650
Overall: 60.3 x 5.7 cm (23 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.); Mounted: 67.3 x 16.5 cm (26 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1919.24
Location: Not on view
Description
On this tunic decoration, human figures appear to dance amid leafy plants. The first and third figures are shepherds, each wearing spotted animal–skin garments and holding wooden staffs. The second and fourth figures are dancers; the upper one wears a short draped garment (peplos), and the lower one appears nude except for a scarf draped over her shoulders. The brown-purple wool was dyed with kermes, a bluish-red dye from dried insects, and indigo in an unsuccessful attempt to imitate purple.- ?–1919(Dr. R. Meyer Riefstahl [1880–1936], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1919–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 2 (1919): 37-38. Mentioned: p. 37 www.jstor.org
- Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 13, 2023-November 10, 2024).Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 4, 2011-May 21, 2012).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1919.24