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Nude Female Dancers from a Tunic
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About this work
Voluptuous females in sheer attire were not only depicted in contemporary wall paintings but also woven in lengths of silk fabric that were cut into squares to decorate linen tunics. These symmetrical female dancers, with anklets and long scarves draped around their shoulders, hold branches and pomegranates.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineNude Female Dancers from a Tunic, 700s. Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258). Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite); overall: 15.5 x 14 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.); mounted: 21.6 x 14 cm (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1953.332
