MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Wall Hanging or Curtain Fragment with Dancer - Walters 83460.jpg This nude male dancer wearing a torque and holding two flower staffs was likely one of a pair or set of such dancers decorating a larger wall hanging or curtain ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Wall Hanging or Curtain Fragment with Dancer - Walters 83460.jpg This nude male dancer wearing a torque and holding two flower staffs was likely one of a pair or set of such dancers decorating a larger wall hanging or curtain fragment Curtains and wall hangings were used in private homes as well as in public and religious buildings to prevent drafts divide spaces and provide privacy The tapestry weave of this piece is ideal for such textiles as it produces a design that can be viewed from either side century 5 6 Early Byzantine wool linen cm 62 3 20 6 0 1 accession number 83 460 2328 Henry Walters Baltimore 1926 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 Man Glory Jest and Riddle A Survey of the Human Form Through the Ages Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco 1964-1965 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Textiles in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Byzantine textiles in Egypt Nude men in art Ancient Egyptian dancers Ancient Byzantine Egyptian dance 5th-century textiles Ancient Egyptian linen
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