Betsileo Costume - Madagascar
Betsileo Costume - Madagascar. A wonderful photograph of a woman wrapped in a fine piece of patterned cloth. The Betsileo are a highland ethnic group of Madagascar. Their name means The Many Invincible Ones which they chose for themselves after the failed invasion of Ramitraho, King of the Menabe kingdom, in the early 19th century
Picture No
10418396
Media ID
46560213
Size
3354px x 5247px
(6.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed Postcard
Date
circa 1910s
