Blanket

Museum number:
5-2658
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Skin blanket; made from hide of Kwalate (buck); approx. 73 inches x 60 inches.
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Livingstone, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
No. Rhodesia; African Craft Village; Livingstone; Barotsuland tribes
Culture or time period:
Barotse
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Blanket, accession number 5-2658, described as Skin blanket; made from hide of Kwalate (buck); approx. 73 inches x 60 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Blanket, accession number 5-2658, described as Skin blanket; made from hide of Kwalate (buck); approx. 73 inches x 60 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 5-2658, described as Skin blanket; made from hide of Kwalate (buck); approx. 73 inches x 60 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 5-2658, described as Skin blanket; made from hide of Kwalate (buck); approx. 73 inches x 60 inches.

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