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Pair of shawls (Lamba Landy Fotsy)

Unknown artist, 1900s

74 cm × 2.11 m

Taller than a doorway. Stood on end it is 1.2 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.11 m
Width: 74 cm
Medium: Silk
Kind: Textile
Made in: unknown weaver (French Madagascar or Malagasy Republic), Merina style
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Part 1: 74 x 211 cm (29 1/8 x 83 1/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 2.11 m × 74 cm. Turned to face the way the photograph does.
Credit: Sundry Art - African Art Fund and Textile Fund

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 74 cm × 2.11 m. Taller than a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1900s. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Sundry Art - African Art Fund and Textile Fund.
How was it made?: Silk, made in unknown weaver (French Madagascar or Malagasy Republic), Merina style, unknown weaver (French Madagascar or Malagasy Republic), Merina style.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.