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Pure woollen beige blanket
1898,
Pure woollen beige blanket
Pure woollen beige blanket
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51263
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Pure woollen beige blanket
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One rectangular pure woollen beige blanket with light and dark brown stripes.
Date
1898
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Museums Collection Centre
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The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries
The blanket was used by Edinburgh missionary William Mark whilst working in Paraguay. The blanket is referenced in two letters written by William Mark to his mother, in Edinburgh. He wrote that the blanket kept him warm during his first winter in Paraguay and hoped it would do the same for her.
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