Burial shroud
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jan 2004
label: Collection Date
content: Jun 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Sarah Fee
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of African Art
notes: label: Notes
content: Burial shroud made of two long panels sewn together. Warp-predominant plain weave, with warp stripes in bright colors-white, black, brown, pink and green. Bands of white supplementary weft patterning near the ends. Single-ply Z-spun yarn. Ends are hemmed.
label: Notes
content: Materials are commercially spun cotton (fole miline); the red dye is nato tree bark (vongo); the black dye is from eucalyptus leaves and mud; the yellow is saffron. Produced specifically to be exported to the south of the island for use as burial shrouds among the Tanala, Bara, Tandroy, Mahafaly, Tesaka, and Tanosy peoples. Bought in the market of Ambohimahamasina (Ambalavao) from the weaver, Mme Rasoarimalala, a Betsileo woman from the village of Ambohimarina. Price: 35,000 FMG ($5.50 US)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ambohimarina / Ambohimahamasina, Madagascar, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Betsileo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2028638
label: USNM Number
content: E430763-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shroud
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 153 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 116 cm