Wedding Blanket or Tent Wall Covering (Arkilla Jenggo)
ClassificationsTextiles-blankets
Culturepossibly
Fulani
Culturepossibly
Tuareg
Datemid 20th Century
Made AtMali, Africa
Made AtNiger, Africa
MediumWool and cotton
Dimensions58 × 106 in. (147.3 × 269.2 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2016.15.71
DescriptionArkilla are large woven blankets usually hung next to a marriage bed. Arkilla Jenggo are woven by the nomadic Fulani people and sold to women of the neighboring Tuareg group. They typically possess black-and-white checked patterns. Fulani weavers come to Tuareg encampments to make and sell these blankets.On View
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