Tunic with Sacrificer

Description

An extremely abstract supernatural sacrifice repeats in different colors and orientations across the body of this tunic, which was shortened on one side in antiquity. Look for the toothy black-and-white mouth in the sacrificer's upward-gazing head; other facial features include a button nose and a vertically divided eye. The figure holds the L-shaped haft of an axe behind its back and, at the front of its body, a short staff with a severed, upside-down human head on the top.

Provenance

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Tunic with Sacrificer

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600–1000

Accession Number

2007.179

Medium

camelid-fiber, cotton; tapestry weave

Dimensions

Overall: 202.6 x 112 cm (79 3/4 x 44 1/8 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund