Object
Plain woven linen textile with gobelin decor border.
, 400 - 700-talet
RKM 434-1909
Purchase
Currently not on display
Description
Corner fragment from the lower front or back of an undyed linen tunic. The bottom edge of the tunic is preserved along the lower horizontal end of the fragment. Its left vertical edge had formed the tunic's side seam; the seam is now undone, but originally it joined the front and back of the garment. The tunic was decorated with two clavi, of which only one survives. The clavi ran from the bottom edge up to the shoulders. This one is filled with a brown tendril enclosing running four-legged animals — hares and lions — likewise in brown on a light ground. The clavus is framed on both sides by a running wave motif.