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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