Wild silk shawl oxide

£59.95

Naturally dyed wild silk shawl made in Madagascar.

Naturally dyed wild silk wrap. The shawl is handwoven by women artisans from the south of the African island. They find the silk cocoons in the Tapia woods. The beautiful natural colour is made from fruits, roots, bark and leaves.

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

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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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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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