Blanket

Museum number:
9-22165
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BY.T-215a,b and T-215b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
striped heavy cotton blanket, woven in 3 narrow panels. 4.5cm wide brick-red stripes, centered with a narrow black/white band, alternate with multi-colored bands (black, white green, saffron, fuschia, blue/purple). center band at each of multi-colored group of stripes is a woven, patterned band. fringed at each end. 1 cm from each end is an applied band of black/white.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Bhutan
Verbatim coll. place:
Bhutan
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
household
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
fringe— length 28 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 9-22165, described as striped heavy cotton blanket, woven in 3 narrow panels. 4.5cm wide brick-red stripes, centered with a narrow black/white band, alternate with multi-colored bands (black, white green, saffron, fuschia, blue/purple). center band at each of multi-colored group of stripes is a woven, patterned band. fringed at each end. 1 cm from each end is an applied band of black/white.

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