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Tent hanging (Arkilla Kerka)

20th century
Object PlaceGuimballa Region, Mali
Medium/TechniqueSheep's wool, goat hair, cotton; weft-faced plain weave, supplementary weft floats, tapestry weave
Dimensions172.72 cm (68 in.); Legacy dimension: 172.1 x 472.7 cm (68 1/2 x 186 in.)
Credit LineGift of Lee D. Gillespie
Accession number1994.29
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Loincloth
A.D. 1000–1476
Strips
A.D. 1000–1476
about 1800–20
Mehetable Stoddard (Hyslop)
1840s
about 1800–20
About 1845
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 18th to early 19th century
Ribbon
early 1850s