Framed Painting on Canvas
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. George Saxton
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Anne Saxton
label: Donor Name
content: George Saxton
notes: label: Notes
content: Framed painting showing people arriving at a wedding. Some are walking, some are on horseback. Near the top is a church building with the heads of several priests visible inside. Below that is a large group of people gathered for the wedding under some trees and 3 parasols. Beneath that are scenes of people involved in daily activities such as woodworking, plowing, milking cows. Amharic writing in several areas of the painting. According to 2 experts in Ethiopian painting, Neal Sobania and Raymond Silverman, the painting is most likely by Jembere Hailu, or possibly his son, Marcos Jembere. Gold colored wooden frame with wire on the back for hanging.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Addis Ababa, 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: 2033313
label: USNM Number
content: E432088-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object In Frame
content: 136.5 cm
label: Width - Object In Frame
content: 81.4 cm
label: Depth - Object In Frame
content: 25 cm