This Fulani wool blanket is made up of 7 hand woven panels that are then stitched together.
This wool blanket would have been used to keep warm during cold nights in the desert. Although its use would have been as a blanket it can be used as rug on the floor, with a non slip underlay attached.
The intricacy of the design woven into a blanket largely determined its value, the least expensive blankets were plain white, while more valued textiles were elaborately decorated with colours, shapes, and lines. Some researchers have suggested that the geometric motifs depict dwellings, hilltops, and routes and therefore act as abstract representations of the natural environment the Fulani traverse.
C1970’s
Disclaimer: This item has some marks and holes due to age.
140×280cm
This Fulani wool blanket is made up of 7 hand woven panels that are then stitched together.
This wool blanket would have been used to keep warm during cold nights in the desert. Although its use would have been as a blanket it can be used as rug on the floor, with a non slip underlay attached.
The intricacy of the design woven into a blanket largely determined its value, the least expensive blankets were plain white, while more valued textiles were elaborately decorated with colours, shapes, and lines. Some researchers have suggested that the geometric motifs depict dwellings, hilltops, and routes and therefore act as abstract representations of the natural environment the Fulani traverse.
C1970’s
Disclaimer: This item has some marks and holes due to age.
140×280cm
