Blanket

Museum number:
5-15403
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4179
Description:
Blanket. Blue and white (undyed). Constructed of 9 strips handsewn together, alternating stripes at each end with matching woven brocade pattern area in the center. Unfinished fringe. 170 centimeters by 298 centimeters including fringe. From Mali, Segou, Dogon. Materials and techniques: handspun natural and dyed single and 2-ply yarns, weft face plain weave, overlay brocade patterning. Context of use: donor notes blanket was made to be used by males.
Donor:
Alvin Bennett Rutner and Phyllis Ross Rutner
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Mali; Segou; Dogon
Culture or time period:
Dogon
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 5-15403, described as Blanket. Blue and white (undyed). Constructed of 9 strips handsewn together, alternating stripes at each end with matching woven brocade pattern area in the center. Unfinished fringe. 170 centimeters by 298 centimeters including fringe. From Mali, Segou, Dogon. Materials and techniques: handspun natural and dyed single and 2-ply yarns, weft face plain weave, overlay brocade patterning. Context of use: donor notes blanket was made to be used by males.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 5-15403, described as Blanket. Blue and white (undyed). Constructed of 9 strips handsewn together, alternating stripes at each end with matching woven brocade pattern area in the center. Unfinished fringe. 170 centimeters by 298 centimeters including fringe. From Mali, Segou, Dogon. Materials and techniques: handspun natural and dyed single and 2-ply yarns, weft face plain weave, overlay brocade patterning. Context of use: donor notes blanket was made to be used by males.

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