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Waakaa or Waga (Memorial Stela)

19th century or earlier · Ethiopia (Konso culture)

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Plate 1Waakaa or Waga (Memorial Stela), Ethiopia (Konso culture), 19th century or earlier, wood, New York, Brooklyn Museum, 1998.124.1.

Brooklyn Museum

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 117, cat. 55 (supplied scan PDF p. 115)

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Waakaa or Waga (Memorial Stela), Ethiopia (Konso culture), 19th century or earlier, wood, New York, Brooklyn Museum, 1998.124.1.Plate 1 · Brooklyn Museum · Printed p. 117, cat. 55 (supplied scan PDF p. 115)

What the record shows

Catalogue no. 55: Waakaa or Waga (Memorial Stela). 19th century or earlier; wood; Ethiopia (Konso culture).

Date
19th century or earlier
Object type
Sculpture, reliefs & stelae
Recorded place
Ethiopia (Konso culture)
Holding
New York, Brooklyn Museum
Accession
1998.124.1
Source locator
Printed p. 117, cat. 55 (supplied scan PDF p. 115)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).