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品名（中）	内部悬挂
品名（英）	Interior Hanging
入馆年号	Textiles-Cat.2
策展部门	迈克尔·洛克菲勒之翼（The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1800 - 公元 1900
创作地区	马里或加纳（Mali or Ghana）
分类	机织纺织品（Textiles-Woven）
尺寸	H x W: 51 x 120 英寸 (129.5 x 304.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	这种纺织品具有棋盘格中的棋盘图案，是窄条编织艺术的精湛典范。织物通过编织设计的微妙变化以及以三角形和人字形为特色的其他图案来保持活力。经线束以四分之三英寸的间隔产生粗线，进一步划分图案并为表面增添微妙的丰富度。布料由十五条编织在水平双卷织机上组成。使用这种方法，织工仔细规划图案，牢记成品纺织品外观的整体概念。如果条带在缝合在一起时要对齐，一致性很重要。在这个非洲地区，这种编织通常是男性的职业。布料易于运输，长期以来一直是整个西非有价值的贸易商品。这种纺织品的起源是不确定的。虽然波士顿商人约瑟夫·厄普顿（Joseph Upton）于1870年代在加纳购买了它，但它与那里生产的布料不同。它最类似于生活在尼日尔河拐弯处的富拉尼人的纺织品;然而，它也与塞拉利昂Mende和Temne的纺织品有亲和力。
介绍（英）	This textile, with its checkerboard-within-checkerboard pattern, is a masterful example of the art of narrow strip weaving. The fabric is kept lively by subtle changes in the woven design and by additional motifs featuring triangles and chevrons. Bundles of warp threads produce thick lines at three-quarter-inch intervals, further dividing the pattern and adding subtle richness to the surface. The cloth consists of fifteen strips woven on a horizontal double-heddle loom. Using this method, the weaver plans the patterns carefully, holding in mind an overall concept of what the finished textile will look like. Consistency is important if the strips are to align when sewn together. In this African region such weaving is usually a male occupation. Easily transportable, cloth has long been a valued trade commodity throughout West Africa. The origins of this textile are uncertain. Although purchased in the 1870s in Ghana by Joseph Upton, a Boston merchant, it does not resemble cloth produced there. It most closely resembles textiles of the Fulani, who live along the bend of the Niger River; however, it also shares affinities with textiles of the Mende and Temne of Sierra Leone.