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Wool blanket fragment

1828-1850

Boyle County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America

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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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