Ikat textile with a tiraz band (inscription illegible), 10th century

  • Islamic, Yemeni

Linen threads, ink, and gold paint

  • Overall: 11 × 9 inches (27.9 × 22.9 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund

48.269

Inscribed, horizontally across warps, in gold, outlined in black, incomplete: [illegible]

(Y. Pullen)

1948-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Islamic, Yemeni, Ikat textile with a tiraz band (inscription illegible), 10th century, linen threads, ink, and gold paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund, 48.269.