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Blanket

Artist Philippines

Date1916

MediumTextile

ClassificationsFurnishings

Credit LineGift of Howard A. Edson

Object number1955.14.145

DescriptionInladdang blanket (ikat) made of four strips of coarse fabric sewn together with a narrow band across the ends of the blanket. Primary color is black with narrow red and yellow stripes. Simple geometric patterns and human figures in warp ikat decorated some of the stripes. Small red and yellow tassels are worked into the end bands. This blanket is called a "death blanket."

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