Blanket

Museum number:
9-18238
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090018238
Accession number:
Acc.4038
Description:
Blanket (all-purpose for wrap, hammock, baby carrier, etc.): black background with spaced bands of geometric patterns and stripes in white, yellow, black; ends fringed and banded with strip of wavy linear patterning. A machine-made copy of tribal textile (probably Jarai or Rhade) using tribal patterns. Made for sale at Montagnard market in Saigon. Not clear if actually made in Saigon. Probably bought new by donor.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Montagnard market, Saigon, Vietnam
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 9-18238, described as Blanket (all-purpose for wrap, hammock, baby carrier, etc.): black background with spaced bands of geometric patterns and stripes in white, yellow, black; ends fringed and banded with strip of wavy linear patterning. A machine-made copy of tribal textile (probably Jarai or Rhade) using tribal patterns. Made for sale at Montagnard market in Saigon. Not clear if actually made in Saigon. Probably bought new by donor.

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