[PDF.22ie] Objects as Envoys: Cloth, Imagery, and Diplomacy in Madagascar

Objects as Envoys: Cloth, Imagery, and Diplomacy in Madagascar

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|| |"Drawing on museum collections and diplomatic correspondence in Madagascar, the US, and Europe, the authors―anthropologists and experts with diplomatic backgrounds―of these five essays focus on Malagasy textiles as gifts that build relationships among sove

In 1886, Queen Ranavalona III of the African island nation of Madagascar offered U.S. President Grover Cleveland two striking handwoven silk textiles. The American government later reciprocated with an autographed photographic portrait of the president. Although on the surface a straightforward diplomatic exchange, the objects used--and the ideas behind them--reveal a wealth of information about the culture and history of Madagascar, and its relations with the West.
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