Painting on Canvas: St. Michael
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Feb 2003
name: label: Donor Name
content: Fisseha Berhanemeskel
notes: label: Notes
content: Saint Michael, (Abuna Mikael) Archangel, painted in 2001 by Berhanemeskel Fisseha. Painted in vivid colors-- green, yellow, red, blue, black and white. There is red painted border on all sides. The image is standing figure of St. Michael with an upraised sword in his right hand and two fingers of the left hand pointing downward. The scene at the bottom of the painting depicts the Israelites led by Moses watching as the waters of the sea swallow up the Pharaoh and his army. St. Michael is one of the most important protectors of the Ethiopian Christian Orthodox Church. Translation of the Ge'ez text on the painting: "Saint Michael Archangel rescuing Israel from the land of Egypt." The painting is sized to fit a door and if used in a church, the canvas would have been plastered on one of the two doors leading into the sanctuary.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 May 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Aksum, Tigre Province, Ethiopia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ethiopian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2027713
label: USNM Number
content: E431931-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 195 cm
label: Width
content: 77 cm