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Gifts and Blessings: The Textile Arts of Madagascar
From april 14 to september 2 2002
African art
Tapestries, carpets, textiles
Among the Malagasy, cloth is considered the ultimate gift. The exhibition examines the historical context and dynamism of contemporary cloth production through a comprehnesive collection of silk and cotton wrappers, marriage cloths, contemporary fashions and textile art.
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