Collection record · Dress & textiles
Belt (Hizam)
The collection record classifies this work as textile. It is dated 1800s. Recorded culture or place: Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Fes, Moroccan weaver.
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- Museum title
- Belt (Hizam)
- Date
- 1800s
- Culture / origin
- Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Fes, Moroccan weaver
- Materials and technique
- Silk, dye, metal
- Dimensions
- Overall: 396.8 x 38 cm (156 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1999.253
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Elaborate wedding sashes woven in Fez, Morocco, are distinctive for their multiple colors, designs, and uses. Folded lengthwise, they are wrapped around the waist so that the colors and designs coordinate with the attire worn during and after a wedding. Typically, the colors vary on each half although the designs are the same. Luxury textiles with elaborate patterns were woven on large looms called drawlooms that automatically repeated designs. The weaver operated the structure, inserting horizontal wefts, while the drawboy activated the programmed pattern. However, this wedding sash has ten programmed designs, which required considerable expertise.
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