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Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 5-16402, described as narrow loom woven textile composed of 10 bands sewn together lengthwise. pattern forms a checkerboard of alternating navy and neutral squares. 20-22 cm from each end, at center of blanket, 2 rows of blocks are decorated with red, yellow, neutral, and navy figures. 1 block with a pair of stripes of yellow and red, blue or blue and red. randomly placed in the row. hand woven, thread hand spun.

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 5-16406, described as Oyo blanket constructed from 9 bands of narrow loom woven heavy cotton. bands joined lengthwise and finished with warp fringe. blue and white stripes of various widths accented by double bands of patterned stripes (diamonds and vertical bars) every 15-16cm. bands are 12cm and 13.5cm wide.

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 5-16391, described as narrow loom woven textile composed of 10 bands sewn together lengthwise. Pattern formed is navy and neutral checker board, 3 sets of blocks at center decorated with red accents across the width of the blanket. ends finished with 2 wide bands of navy separated by a band of neutral decorated with 2 narrow navy strips and navy dashes. hand woven, thread and spun. Purchased from Hausa man at Accra market. Conservation: Stained.

Hearst Museum object titled Candle, accession number 5-16511, described as Candle, wax encased in metallic coating (silver/black shadows): in the form of a head with tall hair styling.

Hearst Museum object titled Cushion, accession number 5-15503, described as cushion. round, leather, on top a geometric and curvilinear design, around sides six anthropomorphic faces alternating with six geometric elements, all designs using multicolored glass seed beads, six beaded tassels attached around upper edge. h 19.0 cm. approx., diam. 32.5 cm.