Scroll

Museum number:
5-10890
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010890
Accession number:
Acc.4036
Description:
Scroll, Ethiopia. June 14, 1985. 5-10890, acc no. 4036, file code 7.1. Collector: Franklin H. Williams. Donor: Franklin H. Williams. Materials, techniques: painted sheepskin scroll. Context of use: Associated with Coptic Christianity. Late 18th century. Description: scroll; religious script written on two pieces of sheepskin sewn together. Paintings of three saints or angels, vegetal colors, script in Gheez or variation thereof. 9x110cm.
Donor:
Franklin H. Williams
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia
Collector:
Franklin H. Williams
Collection date:
June 14, 1985
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
June 1985
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Scroll, accession number 5-10890, described as Scroll, Ethiopia. June 14, 1985. 5-10890, acc no. 4036, file code 7.1. Collector: Franklin H. Williams. Donor: Franklin H. Williams. Materials, techniques: painted sheepskin scroll. Context of use: Associated with Coptic Christianity. Late 18th century. Description: scroll; religious script written on two pieces of sheepskin sewn together. Paintings of three saints or angels, vegetal colors, script in Gheez or variation thereof. 9x110cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scroll, accession number 5-10890, described as Scroll, Ethiopia. June 14, 1985. 5-10890, acc no. 4036, file code 7.1. Collector: Franklin H. Williams. Donor: Franklin H. Williams. Materials, techniques: painted sheepskin scroll. Context of use: Associated with Coptic Christianity. Late 18th century. Description: scroll; religious script written on two pieces of sheepskin sewn together. Paintings of three saints or angels, vegetal colors, script in Gheez or variation thereof. 9x110cm.

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