The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 16, 2026
Blanket or Cover (Kaasa)
c. 1930s or earlier
Overall: 217.8 x 126.4 cm (85 3/4 x 49 3/4 in.)
Alma Kroeger Fund 2024.72
Location: Not on view
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Weavers don’t make sketches to plan the design for this textile but recall it from memory instead.Description
Made on order, this blanket was hand woven in six strips that were sewn together at the selvages to make the full textile. Repeated named, symbolic geometric motifs in deep browns, blacks, and reds create an overall sense of rhythmic dynamism as naturally dyed colored floated weft (horizontal) threads dance in and out of the undyed cream-colored wool base textile. Some motifs have ties to Islam, as the Fulani were among the first West Africans to convert, or to nearby Tuareg cultures.- 1938–?The Roy H. Robinson (1882–1970) collection by gift, Chicago2023Bonhams Skinner Native American & Tribal Art (November 8, 2023, Lot 179)2023–2024Andres Moraga, Berkeley, CA2024–The Cleveland Museum of Art by purchaseProvenance Footnotes1 A paper tag attached to the textile says that the work was gifted to Roy H. Robinson on Christmas 1938
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