Textile

78-2-9

From: Madagascar

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 78-2-9
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Madagascar
Section African
Materials Grass
Description

Raffia cloth or raban, sample piece of natural, black, white, pink-purple. This was made by the Betsinusaraka tribe of the east coast. The workmen weak smocks of plain, natural color raffia cloth; the women wear a band of striped cloth over their breasts, and ending at about the knees.

Length 40 cm
Width 34 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Margaret Linton, 1978

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