Hanging with Heads of a Dionysian Group

Published/Created:

ca. 500

Physical Description:

40 1/4 x 62 1/4 in
tapestry weave in multicolored wool

Notes:

Siad to have been excavated at Antinoopolis (Antinoe, modern Sheikh Ibada, Egypt).

Topics:

Textiles -- Byzantine -- (YVRC)

Culture:

Byzantine

Accession Number:

3011-005

Genre:

furnishings: wall hangings: tapestries (AAT)
textiles (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Clothing & Accessories
Furnishings & Decorative Arts

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Spring, 2001

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 189782

OID:

460303

PID:

digcoll:2270079