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Raitra Marosoratra
Raitra Marosoratra
2021
weaver
Martin Rakotoarimanana
(Malagasy, b. 1969)
weaver
Hortensia Cecilia Harinjaka
(Malagasy, b. 1975)
weaver
Rija Ranarivelo
(Malagasy, b. 1980)
weaver
Daniel Rafidison
(Malagasy, b. 1963)
sewist
Rondro Faravololona
(Malagasy, b. 1981)
sewist
Joely Rasolomalala
(Malagasy, b. 1989)
sewist
Nathalie Rasoavololona
(Malagasy, b. 1975)
sewist
Colette Randrianasolo
(Malagasy, b. 1991)
sewist
Mbolatiana Raharimalala
(Malagasy, b. 1993)
Silk and dye
231.1 x 247.7 cm (91 x 97 1/2 in.)
J.H. Wade Trust Fund 2021.167
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The artists of the Lamba SARL workshop created this work especially for the CMA. It is their most complex to date.
Description
This textile is a contemporary version of a lamba akotifahana (a weft-patterned silk mantle). These pricey garments were a fleeting, secular nineteenth-century fashion. Weavers created them for the elites of the Imerina Kingdom (c. 1540–1897), whose royals gave them as diplomatic gifts. In the 1990s, Lamba SARL Studio revived this weaving practice. Its artists create innovative display textiles drawn from extensive studies of historical examples. Using over twelve colors, the many motifs were woven by adding extra weft (horizontal) threads. Its title translates to "stunning with many patterns."
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