Kereka Blanket "Tyaraka"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jul 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1969
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Pascal J. Imperato
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Pascal J. Imperato
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Pascal J. Imperato
notes: label: Notes
content: MADE BY FULANI WEAVERS. COLLECTED IN GIMBALA DISTRICT, MOPTI REGION, IN 1969. WEFT FACED PLAIN WEAVE WITH SUPPLEMENTARY WEFT AND TAPESTRY WEAVE PATTERNING. SIX STRIPS OF INTRICATE DESIGNS AND ONE WITH BAR DESIGN AT THE TOP IN RED, WHITE, BLACK, AND YELLOW. USED AS A BED ENCLOSURE FOR A BRIDE AND FOR MAN OF MEANS, ALSO AS AN INTERIOR WALL HANGING. THIS BLANKET WAS EXHIBITED AT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY, DURING THE EXHIBITION "AFRICAN BLANKETS AND COVERS, FEBRUARY-MAY 1977. AND DESCRIBED IN THE EXHIBITION CATALOG. ALSO ILLUSTRATED IN AFRICAN ARTS MAGAZINE (SEE CITATIONS)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Oct 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gimbala District, Mopti Region, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fulani
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416125
label: USNM Number
content: E428444-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 482 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 177 cm