Wild silk shawl crested coua

£71.00

Naturally dyed wild silk shawl made in Madagascar.

Conservation organisation Ny Tanintsika works together with villagers in Madagascar to preserve nature.

In the south of the African island the non-profit organisation and the people of the villages focus on the Tapia woods. Here they find wild silk cocoons.

This large, robust naturally dyed shawl is handwoven by those artisans.

Size: 23.6 x 86.6 inches
Artisan: Ny Tanintsika, Madagascar
Fibre: Wild silk
Weight: 9.3 ounces

Availability: 1 piece(s)

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Specifications

Softness

Very soft

Suppleness

very supple

Thickness

Thin

Made by Ny Tanintsika

Ny Tanintsika (literally: Our Land / Our Earth) is a non-governmental organisation working for the conservation of nature in Madagascar. The organisation works together with villagers and farmers from Amoron’i Mania, a province in the south of the island, where the largest Tapia forests are located.

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Wild silk

Silk comes in different varieties. An important difference between common (mulberry) silk and wild silk is that the mulberry silkworms are reared on silk farms, whereas wild silk is harvested from cocoons from butterflies living in the wild.

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