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Hanging Used to Screen the Miiqdiis of a Church

mid-18th century · Gondar (Ethiopia)

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Plate 1Hanging Used to Screen the Miiqdiis of a Church, Gondar (Ethiopia), mid-18th century, silk, tablet woven, The British Museum, Af1868,1001.22.

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Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 319, cat. 216 (supplied scan PDF p. 316)

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Hanging Used to Screen the Miiqdiis of a Church, Gondar (Ethiopia), mid-18th century, silk, tablet woven, The British Museum, Af1868,1001.22.Plate 1 · © The Trustees of the British Museum · Printed p. 319, cat. 216 (supplied scan PDF p. 316)

What the record shows

Catalogue no. 216: Hanging Used to Screen the Miiqdiis of a Church. mid-18th century; silk, tablet woven; Gondar (Ethiopia).

Date
mid-18th century
Object type
Textiles & dress
Recorded place
Gondar (Ethiopia)
Holding
The British Museum
Accession
Af1868,1001.22
Source locator
Printed p. 319, cat. 216 (supplied scan PDF p. 316)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).