Blanket

Museum number:
5-16883
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Accession number:
Acc.4733
Description:
woven wool blanket; cream ground with black and orange stripes in varying width bands. edges finished with narrow black band. ends finished with tassels in pairs. orange and some cream bands have decorative motifs sewn into the bands in cream or black. constructed of 6 narrow (20-21cm) panels and stitched together along selvaged edges.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Gurage
Culture or time period:
Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
November 21, 2002
Context of use:
household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 229 centimeters and width 123 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 5-16883, described as woven wool blanket; cream ground with black and orange stripes in varying width bands. edges finished with narrow black band. ends finished with tassels in pairs. orange and some cream bands have decorative motifs sewn into the bands in cream or black. constructed of 6 narrow (20-21cm) panels and stitched together along selvaged edges.

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