Painting
date: label: Collection Date
content: 2002
name: label: Collector
content: Jake Homiak
label: Donor Name
content: Jake Homiak
notes: label: Notes
content: Donor notes: Title: "Let Jah Arise" Artist Ras Mweya Masimba. Made in 1999. Example of innovative style white paint on black canvas Rastafari style.
label: Notes
content: "Let Jah Arise". Oil on black canvas painting by Ras Mweya Masimba, Ethiopia, 1999. Painting depicts the countenance of Emperor Haile Selassie in his coronation crown set within the outline of Africa. Emanating from the Emperor's beard are lions and warriors - suggesting his title as the 'Lion of Judah' and the defense of Ethiopia that took place shortly after his coronation in Addis Ababa in November 1930. Painting appeared on the first issue cover of a Rastafari ephemeral produced by Ras Mewya featuring his art and the history of Ethiopia and the Rastafari movement. Painting purchased for the collections by Jake Homiak in July 2002 as the then Director, Anthropology Collections and Archives Program, Department of Anthropology, NMNH.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Mar 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Shashamane, 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: 2073991
label: USNM Number
content: E434315-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 45 cm
label: Width
content: 34 cm