Blanket

Museum number:
5-16402
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1894 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
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.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa, Ghana, Kano
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 210 centimeters and width 110 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: U-3-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 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 2 of 3 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 3 of 3 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.

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