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Blanket (Kpokpo)

A work made of cotton, pieced of eight strips of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and dovetailed tapestry weave with supplementary patterning wefts; main warp fringe.

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  • A work made of cotton, pieced of eight strips of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and dovetailed tapestry weave with supplementary patterning wefts; main warp fringe.

Date:

1920/29

Artist:

Mende
Sierra Leone

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Mende

Title

Blanket (Kpokpo)

Place

Sierra Leone (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1920–1929

Medium

Cotton, pieced of eight strips of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and dovetailed tapestry weave with supplementary patterning wefts; main warp fringe

Dimensions

227.4 × 112.3 cm (89 1/2 × 44 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Dr. Roy and Sophia Sieber

Reference Number

2001.410

Extended information about this artwork

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