brown ground with yellow flowers, with orange and purple centers; orange and red stems and green leaves. fringes on each end, one uncut. coarse weave.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Culture or time period:
Tibetan
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 107 centimeters and width 72 centimeters
Comment:
This blanket may be from Tibet or some neighboring country, though it also resembles blankets made in Mexico and Central America. The Bernard/Murray Collection, of course, mixes Bernard's Acquisitions with Murray's items gathered in the area around Southern California.