Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Wool blanket fragment
1828-1850
Boyle County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A piece of a wool blanket. The piece of wool is a beige square with frayed and tattered edges. There are a few pieces of fabric missing from one of the sides. There are a few small holes in the fabric. There is a white tag sewn onto the proper top right corner. There is black handwriting which reads [R389].
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2017.108.17.4
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