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: Plain burial shroud made of native Malagasy silk (borocera madagascariensis). Made of three long panels sewn together. Warp-predominant plain weave, with no patterning. Single-ply Z-spun yarn with variegated brown color (dyed with natural dye?). Ends are looped around and woven into fabric.
label: Notes
content: "Wild silk" (landibe) from the region of Isalo. Both warp and weft were spun on a spindle. Used for wrapping bodies at reburial rites (famadihana). Woven by Mme Rasoarinony, and purchesd from Mme Yolande in Sandrandahy, a Highland town. Price: 525,000 FMG ($82.42 US)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Oct 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sandrandahy, 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: E430764-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shroud
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 210 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 198 cm