Wedding Blanket (Arkilla Jenngo)

Wedding Blanket (Arkilla Jenngo)

Fulani

Early/mid–20th century

Accession Number

158414

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.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Edward Johnson Endowment