Collection place: Ghana / Year collected: [Missing] / Function: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15907, described as stool, wood, handcarved; rectangular concave seat, resting on abstract elephant with smooth skin; rectangular slightly convex base with four incised transverse bands at each end; polished light brown finish; L (seat) 50.5 cm X W 25.1 cm X H (midpoint) 29.9 cm.