Altar Curtain

The Armenian Museum has many interesting and sometimes confusing objects. This week we are featuring one of those pieces: an altar curtain. Used to cover the altar during lent, altar curtains have significant religious symbolism and serve as a status symbol for the church. This piece, however, is of unconfirmed origin and has a great deal of interesting imagery. Curator Gary Lind-Sinanian discusses the importance and potential source of this incredible piece.