The objects date from the IVth through the XVth centuries, and will be organised into two categories : Women in the public sphere (female images of authority), and women in the private sphere (personal items i.e. adornment, toiletries…)
Harvard faculty, students, and staff (plus one guest) Free Youth under 18 Free Cambridge residents Free Massachusetts residents, Saturdays from 10amˆnoon
Fragments of a textile hanging with female busts, Byzantine, Vth-VIth century, wool and linen, H: 10-18 cm, Courtesy of Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Foundation