Blanket Item Number: 3522/98 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Heavy white rectangular blanket consisting of six woven strips, stitched together along the long edges. Entire blanket is covered in black geometric designs with brown, yellow and white highlights throughout. Designs consist of diamonds, rectangles, triangles, plain and dotted lines, zigzags, squares and dot motifs. Two wide black bands run through centre of blanket with alternating triangle and diamond motif; trimmed with squares and an infinity symbol-like design. Sides have wide brown bands with white and black diamonds throughout, trimmed in black. There are seven tassels on each side; top and bottom edges are trimmed with black.
The donor taught in a rural school in Tobli, eastern Liberia, from 1965 to 1967.