Khasa or Kaasa Landaka (Wedding or Herder's Blanket)

Dateearly 1970s

MediumHandspun sheep wool, dye

Dimensions(without fringe): 69 1/2 × 103 1/2 in. (176.5 × 262.9 cm)
(with fringe): 69 1/2 × 106 1/2 in. (176.5 × 270.5 cm)

ClassificationsTextiles

Credit LineGift of Reginald and Celeste Hodges

Object number2020.9.5

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ProvenanceCreated Guinea, probably early 1970s. Sold to Reginald and Celeste Hodges in Bo, Sierra Leone, early 1970s [1]; collection of Reginald and Celeste Hodges, Durham, NC; given to NCMA, 2020.

[1] Purchased by the Hodges's from a “Charlie” (a trader).
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