Belt

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MIA_.98.7.2

amicoid

MIA_.98.7.2

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

aly

1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Costume and Jewelry

oty

Costume and Jewelry

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

crn

Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

African; North African; Moroccan

crc

African; North African; Moroccan

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

designer

crr

designer

Creator Role

false

Creator Name-CRT:

artist unknown

crt

artist unknown

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Belt

otn

Belt

Title

false

View:

Front

rid

Front

View

false

Creation Date:

20th century

oct

20th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1900

ocs

1900

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1999

oce

1999

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

silk

omd

silk

Materials and Techniques

false

Creation Place:

Fez

ocp

Fez

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

L.106-3/4 x W.19 in.

met

L.106-3/4 x W.19 in.

Dimensions

false

Component Measured:

overall

mcm

overall

Component Measured

false

Measurement Unit:

in

mdu

in

Measurement Unit

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

oon

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

oop

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

98.7.2

ooa

98.7.2

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Tess E. Armstrong Fund and Gift of Constance Kunin and an Anonymous Donor

ooc

The Tess E. Armstrong Fund and Gift of Constance Kunin and an Anonymous Donor

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Weaving technology used by urban Arab weavers was very sophisticated. A belt such as this, with its complicated and diverse patterning would probably have involved at least five specialists: a dyer to create the four warp colors, three coordinated weavers (one handling the weft thread and ground structure, and two developing the pattern), and a passementerie craftsperson to finish the braided warp ends and tassels.

Fine wool weaving was made throughout North Africa and generally this production was used regionally, but urban Arab silk weavers frequently produced specialized textiles for a variety of communities in quite diverse locations.

cxd

<P>Weaving technology used by urban Arab weavers was very sophisticated. A belt such as this, with its complicated and diverse patterning would probably have involved at least five specialists: a dyer to create the four warp colors, three coordinated weavers (one handling the weft thread and ground structure, and two developing the pattern), and a passementerie craftsperson to finish the braided warp ends and tassels.</P><P>Fine wool weaving was made throughout North Africa and generally this production was used regionally, but urban Arab silk weavers frequently produced specialized textiles for a variety of communities in quite diverse locations.</P>

Context

false

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