
05/16/2025
The mesmerizing patterns on this blanket are meticulously handwoven in Mali, West Africa. If you look closely, you can spot red and yellow accents within the darker geometric motifs. Would you guess that the material comprising these fine details is goat hair? đ
Blanket; West Africa, Mali; 1960-1979. Goat hair, cotton, braid, band, tassel, wool; plain weave, continuous supplementary-weft patterning, discontinuous supplementary-weft patterning, floating supplementary-weft patterning. The Textile Museum Collection 1973.5. Gift of Ambassador Robert O. Blake.