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Dark blue akotifahana

Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada

Silk wrapper, known as “covered in silver” (mandiavola), wild silk (Borocera), natural dyes, metal beads

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Title: Dark blue akotifahana
Date Created: c. 1860
Location Created: Merina, Madagascar
Provenance: Object ID 947.1.6 Collected by William Ellis Gift of Mrs. A.D. Crooks
Type: Wrapper
Original Source: http://www.rom.on.ca/en, http://www.rom.on.ca/en
Rights: Royal Ontario Museum, Royal Ontario Museum
Medium: Silk

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