Dancing Maenad
- Published/Created:
- ca. 490 BCE
- Date Depicted:
- 1975
8000 BC - 499 AD - Notes:
- Frequently the corners of the himation are weighted. An animal skin is around the neck.
- Abstract:
- The himation is an overgarment for women and men. Wrapped around the body in a variety of ways, it is a long rectangular shawl, approximately six by nine feet. Sometime it is bordered and patterned. The himation is also used as a blanket. The chlamys, more narrow and shorter than the himation, is a second rectangular overgarment. Its average size is six by three and a half feet. The corners of the fabric are curved.
- Topics:
- Ceramics -- Greece -- 5th century BCE -- (YVRC)
Costume -- Greece -- (LC) - Culture:
- Greek (ancient)
- Accession Number:
- 4388-074
- Genre:
- containers: dishes: plates (AAT)
costume (mode of fashion): clothing (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Clothing & Accessories
Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Tools, Equipment & Instruments - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Creator:
- Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
- Source Title:
- History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 1
- Source Created:
- New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975 - Call Number:
- GT513 +B87 1 (LC)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Berlin, Germany: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- OID:
- 10542770
- PID:
- digcoll:1863376