Url
	https://dhprojects.bc.edu/s/TellalianTextiles/item/2018
Title
	Embroidered Tapestry
Description
	This heavily damaged fragment depicts a red band containing smiling human figures within circular, golden medallions. The central band is bordered by fish and lions on a darker blue background. </br></br>

Owing to its repeating vertical composition, this fragment was likely part of a tunic’s <i>clavus</i>, a vertical band that would have run from the garment’s shoulder to its hemline, and would have indicated its wearer’s elevated social status. </br></br>

<i>Clavi</i> with human figures are not uncommon. Compare this fragment's more iconographically ambiguous figures to the biblical scenes depicted on <a href="https://www.doaks.org/resources/textiles/catalogue/BZ.1940.45">BZ.1940.45</a> in the Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection.
Date
	6th century
Type
	Textile
Spatial Coverage
	Egypt
Temporal Coverage
	6th century
Provenance
	Purchased from Jane Donahue, from the estate of Kasper Pilibosian, Wellesley, MA in April 2015.
Repository
	McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Materials
	Linen and wool
Dimension (in)
	8 x 3.5 in
Dimension (cm)
	20 x 9 cm
Accession Number
	McMullen 2018.30
Tellalian Number
	Tellalian 2015-00250
Donor
	Barbara and Donald Tellalian
Exhibition History
	No known exhibition history
Publication History
	No known publication history
Conservation History
	Unknown date: Windsor Conservation Center, Dover, MA
Rights
	https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/ Public Domain

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