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Fragment of a belt (hizam)
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About this work
This silk textile with a lampas weave features alternating designs of eight-pointed stars, ogival (curved) medallions, and floral patterns. This fragment would have likely once been part of a wider belt, called hizam, worn by elite Moroccan women over their gowns.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment of a belt (hizam), 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan weaver. Silk, dye; overall: 24.1 x 32.3 cm (9 1/2 x 12 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1918.192
