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The different regions in Madagascar have their own weaving techniques. The Mahafaly and the Antandroy weave decorations of tin beads, often in a zebu pattern. Weaving is a craft for women. This cloth is a so-called lamba. A lamba is in fact any cloth that has not been processed into a particular model. Lamba are used as shawls and scarves, but there are also special lamba to wrap the dead, the lamba mena. These lamba's for women are now only worn on special occasions.DescriptionCotton cloth with black/purple/yellow/green stripes and fringed at the ends. The cloth has decorations consisting of pewter beads forming zoomorphic figures representing zebus.
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