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ID number: BIRRC-D0388 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Blanket Object type: Textile
Place made: N. Nigeria Culture: Hausa Materials: Cotton Measurements: 205 x 112 cm
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This piece has been made from seven narrow loom strips (15.5 cm in width) and has been woven on a double-heddle man's loom using handspun white yarn. There appear intermittently weft stripes in indigo dyed yarn. The piece is finished off with fringed ends. It was presented to the Danford Collection by Sister Evelyn Bellamy in 1969.
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