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Village Scene with Farmers and Merchants
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Village Scene with Farmers and Merchants

Maker Unknown, Ethiopian
MediumCotton duck cloth, pigment
Dimensions30 3/8” x 71 3/4”
Credit LineGift of Timothy Sullivan ‘89
Object numberAF2007.38.SUL
DescriptionVillages houses appear throughout the painting. Across the top appear a hairdresser, a farmer plowing a field, a man driving his ox to the stream to drink, and woman with a water vessel. Elsewhere, merchants carry bundles of wood. Another merchant drives a donkey before him. Inscriptions in Amharic identify others as congregants (with dark tunics), travelers, and people going to the courthouse.
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