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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/CW00000005/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- 'Royal Lamba' from Madagascar, with explanatory notes by Rev A. R. Down (en), who was serving as a missionary with the London Missionary Society in Madagascar between 1937 and 1942. He states that the Royal Lamba was presented to him as the district missionary in which the Lamba had been made (Andriana), at a time when it had become apparent that the ancient customs surrounding the burial of Malagasy royalty would not be restored (i.e. following the French occupation of Madagascar and colonial rule). The age of the cloth is unknown. He states that "Several of the gold threads in the Lamba are woven from pure spiders web silk". There are three examples of cloth, but it is thought that only one of these is 'Royal Lamba'; one example appears to be of a finer quality with golden threads. ( en )
- General Note:
- Date of Creation: c 1833-1945
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
 This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License. This license allows others to download this work and share them with others as long as they mention the author and link back to the author, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.- Resource Identifier:
- CWM/LMS/Madagascar/Odds/Box…etc ( SOAS order with )
CWM/LMS/13/08/01 ( SOAS Manuscript number )
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