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Collections

Marriage-Bed Hanging (Arkilla Kereka)mid-20th century

Not on view
Vertical woven textile with horizontal geometric bands in black, ivory, brick red, and rust-brown, with knotted fiber fringe and a narrow striped border panel along the right edge
Title
Marriage-Bed Hanging (Arkilla Kereka)
Culture
Fulani
Place Made
Republic of Mali
Date Made
mid-20th century
Medium
Wool and cotton plain weave with wool discontinuous supplementary weft patterning, with tapestry weave and wool embroidery
Dimensions
64 1/2 × 185 in. (163.83 × 469.9 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.81.254
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles