Blanket (Kpokpo)
INV-1584Mende
Sierra Leone
1920/29
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Date
1920/29
Medium
Cotton, pieced of eight strips of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and dovetailed tapestry weave with supplementary patterning wefts; main warp fringe
Dimensions
227.4 × 112.3 cm (89 1/2 × 44 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Dr. Roy and Sophia Sieber
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