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Blanket
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Blanket

Maker Unknown, Hausa
Datec.1990
MediumCotton cloth
Dimensionsc. 63 1/2” W x 93 1/2” L (w/o fringe)
Credit LineFunded by Mortimer C. Howe Fund at Colgate University.
Object numberAF1991.10.HOW
DescriptionBlanket woven on a man’s horizontal loom in strips of approximately 6 1/4” width; ten strips are sewn together edge to edge to form this blanket. Primarily white with black, red and green horizontal stripes and “knife” designs. Fringed.
ClassificationsTextiles
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