Interior Hanging, 19th century, Mali or Ghana, Niger River, Fulani peoples (?), Cotton, wool, natural dye, H. 51 x W. 120 in. (1


Interior Hanging, 19th century, Mali or Ghana, Niger River, Fulani peoples (?), Cotton, wool, natural dye, H. 51 x W. 120 in. ( x cm), Textiles-Woven, Large-scale textiles created south of the Sahara were generally intended as enhancements for domestic environments. The principal type of textile produced by Fulani weavers was a blanket woven of hand-spun sheep's wool, known as khasa, that primarily functioned to enclose and define a space for personal use


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