The Chimaera is a large, plastic-y production, with deep cloth-lined earcups trimmed with leather.
For centuries, merchants flocked across Saharan trade routes to buy the deep blue cloth of Kano, a former emirate which in its heydays rivalled Timbuktu for wealth and scholarship.
Actually, as a text on the wall informs, Greek women had three basic outfits to choose from: the chiton, a plain chemise, worn floor-length; the peplos, a chemise with a deep overhang of cloth to the waist; and the himation, a large cloak, similar to the Roman toga, that could be draped in many ways.
By enlarging the focus of the exhibition, they could explain the deeper meanings of cloth in Madagascar.
Sounds like a small thing initially, but it goes deeper than the cloth and that's what people "get".
Movies have replaced history itself as the reference point designers draw from, offering a lyrical shorthand that gives deep meaning to thin cloth.
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Clean the gasket between deep cleanings with a cloth covered in vinegar.
"Just wrap me in a bit of sorry cloth and put me deep enough in the ground that Mum's bloody dogs don't dig me up," he says.
Some said we should crawl in deeper, covering our faces with wet cloth.
