Blanket Item Number: Ei44 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Heavy cotton blanket has alternating black rectangles and squares on horizontal areas of light blue, then white, light brown, then yellow. Entire design is alternating colours and squares then rectangles both horizontally and vertically. Unravelled warp creates fringes of black and white at both ends.
History Of Use
Covering for a bed or as extra padding over sleeping mat. (Not tribal Burmese.) Given in pairs as wedding gifts.
Specific Techniques
Woven by machine in double length then cut across the warp for a single bed cover.
Item History
- Made before 1969
- Collected before 1969
- Owned by Joan Goodall before December 19, 1980
- Received from Joan Goodall (Donor) on December 19, 1980
What
- Name
- Blanket
- Identification Number
- Ei44
- Type of Item
- blanket
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- machine woven
- Overall
- height 199.0 cm, width 105.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Burmese
- Previous Owner
- Joan Goodall
- Received from
- Joan Goodall (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- “Myanmar” ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1969
- Collection Date
- before 1969
- Ownership Date
- before December 19, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on December 19, 1980
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0694/0020