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1901	Work on this object began.
1950	Work on this object ended.
1969	We acquired this object.
2013	We photographed this object.
2021	You found it!

Blanket (kaasa) (Nigeria)

This is a Blanket (kaasa). It was woven by Fulani people. We acquired it in 1969. Its medium is hand-spun wool, cotton and its technique is hand-loomed weft-faced plain weave with supplementary weft patterning. It is a part of the Textiles department.

Wrapper with bands of geometric pattern separated by four black stripes on a white ground. Pattern is a repeating figure of a triangle with three-pronged appendages.

The black supplementary wefts are thick and stand off the surface. The binding system creates black vertical lines in the white areas and white horizontal lines in the black areas, for a tonal effect.

Woman's Wrapper (Nigeria), early to mid-20th century
cotton.
Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
1969-11-9

Large cloth composed of narrow woven strips, each horizontally striped in many colors.

Kente Prestige Cloth (Ghana), early–mid-20th century
cotton, mercerized cotton.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2007-8-1

Cite this object as

Blanket (kaasa) (Nigeria); Woven by Fulani people ; hand-spun wool, cotton; 1969-11-10

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CDR8/
Accession Number 1969-11-10
Object ID 18467845