The nomadic Fulani people, related to the Berbers of North Africa, follow their herds across the Sahel region of West Africa. They furnish their tents with large woolen textiles whose structure, materials, colors, and design patterns recall North African fabrics. The diamond shape here symbolizes an eye, which the Fulani believe protects against evil.
- Titles Furnishing Textile (arkilla kereka) (Descriptive)
- Artist Tillabéri region, Western Niger
- Medium sheep (and goat?) wool, cotton, natural dyes
- Dimensions 188 x 66 in. (477.5 x 167.6 cm)
- Credit Line Museum purchase, 2008.121
- Work Type furnishing textile
- Classification Furnishings and Equipment