Wedding Blanket (Arkilla Jenngo)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Fulani

Title

Wedding Blanket (Arkilla Jenngo)

Place

Niger (Object made in:)

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Made 1901–1975

Medium

Cotton and wool; thirteen strips of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining and eccentric wefts; main warp fringe

Dimensions

423.8 × 109.1 cm (166 7/8 × 43 in.); Thirteen strips: W.: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Edward Johnson Endowment

Reference Number

2001.412

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