Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a belt (hizam)

Date

1800s

Medium

Silk, dye

Culture

Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan weaver

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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