Fragment

Research in Progress Fragment of mordant-painted and dyed cotton with a Pious Pelican piercing her breast with drops of blood flowing out to three young birds which fly up from the ground below in a row. Mother pelican is standing on a four-mound. Leaves and flowers of other motifs on the edges of the fragment. Colors: red, blue, yellow (faded), dark red. Outline: black-brown on an ivory background.