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King Sahla Sellasé seen after a victorious battle. Like nobles of the past he wore a ‘massive silver akodama’, or head ornament, which, Harris says, ‘extended on either side a considerable distance beyond the temples. The ends of the beam were hung with a profusion of silver chains . . . whilst a row of spangled pennants across the brow, half obscured the eyes.’ He wore a branch of ‘wild asparagus’, as a sign of victory, and a ‘robe drawn across the lower portion of the face, as a defence against the piercing cold of the Abyssinian winter’ (Harris, Illustrations, 26)

King Sahla Sellasé seen after a victorious battle. Like nobles of the past he wore a ‘massive silver akodama’, or head ornament, which, Harris says, ‘extended on either side a considerable distance beyond the temples. The ends of the beam were hung with a profusion of silver chains . . . whilst a row of spangled pennants across the brow, half obscured the eyes.’ He wore a branch of ‘wild asparagus’, as a sign of victory, and a ‘robe drawn across the lower portion of the face, as a defence against the piercing cold of the Abyssinian winter’ (Harris, Illustrations, 26)
King Sahla Sellasé seen after a victorious battle. Like nobles of the past he wore a ‘massive silver akodama’, or head ornament, which, Harris says, ‘extended on either side a considerable distance beyond the temples. The ends of the beam were hung with a profusion of silver chains . . . whilst a row of spangled pennants across the brow, half obscured the eyes.’ He wore a branch of ‘wild asparagus’, as a sign of victory, and a ‘robe drawn across the lower portion of the face, as a defence against the piercing cold of the Abyssinian winter’ (Harris, Illustrations, 26)Ethiopia Engraved / Link Ethiopia (CC BY-NC-ND)
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19th century
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Ethiopia Engraved / Link Ethiopia — Habesha History corpus
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Harris, Illustrations, 26

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