Tanala elder
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Shroud (arindrano style)
Shroud, arindrano style
Betsileo peoples, region of Ambohimahamasina, Madagascar
2000
Cotton, dye
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution,
museum purchase, 2000-13-7

Shroud (arindrano style)
Burial Cloth, arindrano style
Merina peoples, Madagascar
1996
Silk, dye

National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, museum purchase, 2000-13-1
Supporters from run with the cloth-wrapped coffin en route to the cemetery
Supporters run with a cloth-wrapped coffin en route to the cemetary.
Region of Andalatanosy, 1972
Photograph by Georges Heurtebize,

 

Shoulder wrap with akotofahana weft-float pattern
Shoulder wrap with akotofahana weft-float pattern
Merina peoples, Madagasacar
2000
Silk, dye

National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, museum purchase, 2000-13-16