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Showing results for the phrase "Ranomafana" in Political Location.
- Description
- Woven straw hat, round at bottom, squarish at top. Upper corners and sides are decorated with purple and pink dyed straw fibers.
- Collected by H. T. Wright in November 2003, during a National Geographic trip to Madagascar. Notes from H. Wright:
- I was told that ordinary people wear plain hats and that more prominent citizens, the mpanjaka or elders, wear these decorated hats."
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 24078
- Political Location
- Ranomafana
- Description
- Garden Knife. Long, narrow, S-shaped metal (iron?) blade set on long wooden handle.
- Handle was shortened to transport it from Madagascar to the UMMA.
- Collected by H. T. Wright in November 2003, during a National Geographic trip to Madagascar. Notes from H. Wright:
- "Obtained by exchange for a new Betsileo knife purchased for 15,000 Malagasy francs ($3.98) with a young man who had inherited the knife and did not know its value or its origin.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 24080
- Political Location
- Ranomafana