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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry plaque, accession number 5-1501, described as Coiled basketry plaque used as wall decorations by urban Ethiopians. Round platter or mat of woven straw, coiled and wrapped in brilliant colored straw; finished on one side only. Remarks: “The decorative motif in the center is similar to a solar symbol in a petroglyph near Axum.” Orange color used only by Harar basket makers.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white print, accession number 13-3786, described as Photo - b + w. of "The Ascension" from "Four Gospels" 1400-01, now in Pierpont Morgan Library, N.Y.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white print, accession number 13-3782, described as Photo - b + w. Cusquam Castle; Ethiopia, Gondar
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white print, accession number 13-3799, described as [above] Photo, b. + w. - Statue of the Emperor Menelik II: Ethiopia, no lovcation
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white print, accession number 13-3800, described as Photo, black and white: of drawing "Soldiers going to join the Army" (see remarks); Ethiopia, no location
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white print, accession number 13-3778, described as [top] Photo, black and white - 17th Century Castle; Ethiopia, Gondar
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white print, accession number 13-3783, described as [top]- Photo b + w. - 10th century painting form a church in the Fayum; Coptic Museum in Cairo, Egypt
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white print, accession number 13-3788, described as Photo, b. + w. - St. Michael, contemporary painting on doorway of enclosure wall at Debra Berhan Church; Ethiopia, Gondar
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white print, accession number 13-3795, described as [above] Photo, b + w. Principal square of the city; Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white print, accession number 13-3789, described as Photo, b. + w. "Devil Devouring Sinners" recent painting in old Selassie Church; Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

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