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Textile fragment with clavus
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Natural-coloured linen fabric with decoration of a brown clavus. The clavus and the tabula consist of a repeating circular motif with an irregular motif with six circles at the end. At the clavus a natural-coloured walking figure with raised hand is woven in. The edges of the clavus consist of a continuous line with protruding rods with a blunt end. In the linen fabric four thickened wefts of approximately 14 cm in length are woven at regular intervals.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineWeefselfragment met clavus. c. 200 - c. 599. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
