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Wedding Blanket (Arkilla Jenngo) by Fulani
Art Institute of Chicago

Wedding Blanket (Arkilla Jenngo)

Fulani · Early/mid–20th century

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Artist

Fulani

Date

Early/mid–20th century

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

Department

Textiles

Culture / origin

Niger

Credit line

Edward Johnson Endowment

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Artist authority

Fula

language of West Africa of the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo language family

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