Blanket Item Number: 3600/7 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Heavy white rectangular blanket consisting of six woven strips, stitched together along the long edges. Five decorative columns run across centre section of blanket; all made up of black geometric designs with brown, yellow, and white highlights throughout. Designs consist of triangles, diamonds, checkers, plain and dotted lines, and zigzags. Central section bordered by wide brown bands, with white and black diamonds through middles, trimmed with black; white dots along black borders. Additional geometric motifs on outer edges of brown bands. Left and right edges of blanket bordered with black bands; two braided tassels extend from either side, in centre.
Purchased by Peter Oberlander on his frequent trips to Africa, sometime between 1958-1990. Oberlander was teaching and consulting in Ghana, and consulting for the UN in Nigeria and Kenya.