1390 Antique Khasa Arkilla African Textile form_dhaniyo Estimated to be from the

Estimated to be from the 1950s

RARE PIECE

with incised lines on one cover (perhaps for an attachment

Although the guard’s face isn’t red

1390 Antique Khasa Arkilla African Textile form_dhaniyo Estimated to be from theAntique Khasa Arkilla Textile Wedding Hanging The woolen marriage bed screens Arkilla kerka are one of the types in the broad category of the marriage bed screens generically called Arkilla woven in the Inland Delta of the Niger River in Mali. The Arkilla kerka are used by the Fulbe people. These wool and cotton bed screens are suspended along and over the alcove bed, forming a mosquito protection by adding another piece of cloth to it. The Arkilla