Mahafaly (South Madagascar) - Plaiting a Mat
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| Original title: | Mahafaly (Süd-Madagaskar) - Flechten einer Matte |
| Order number: | E 1602 |
| Authors: | Gernböck, Lotte (Wien) |
| Description: | A woman makes a small mat from satra palm-leaf strips in diagonal plaiting by the twilling technique. The design is called lala-lala (two below, two above). The two small edges of the mat are turned down and fixed in place by a thread. The mat will be put on the ground when the woman crushes manioc-tubers. |
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| Keywords: | house / household effects; household utensil; Mahafaly; mat; palm-leaf; plaiting; |
| Year of production: | 1964 |
| Year of publication: | 1975 |
| Producer: | Lotte Gernböck (Wien) |
| Publication: | IWF (Göttingen) |
| Distributor: | IWF (Göttingen) |
| Availability: | DVD-Video, video or 16mm film for sale
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| Technical data: | Film, 16 mm, 52 m ; F, 5 min; available languages: silent |
| Remarks: | accompanying publication by Lotte Schomerus-Gernböck, 1975, 8 pp. |
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