Painting Item Number: 3595/68 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Vertical painting on animal hide depicting four human figures. The central figure is wearing a large crown on their head and is holding a smaller figure who has a circle (halo) behind their head, which is the same colour as the crown. The figure being held is carrying a red book-like object with a cross on it in their left hand, while their other hand is pointed at the crowned figure. Two small, winged angel-like figures are positioned on either side of the crowned and haloed figures. These angel-like figures appear to emerge from a brown oblong oval shape with a black outline and yellow and white details, which is positioned behind the crowned and haloed figures. There is red Ethiopian text on the viewer's right side, below the brown shape and next to the crowned and haloed figures. There is a small numbered label written in ink on the lower right corner of the front of the skin.

Narrative

Collected by Fred Haack while living in Africa. Acquired by the Kelowna Museum (now Okanagan Heritage Museum) in 1996.

Item History

What

Name
Painting
Identification Number
3595/68
Type of Item
painting
Overall
height 30.3 cm, width 23.0 cm

Who

Culture
Ethiopian
Previous Owner
Fred E. Haack and Okanagan Heritage Museum
Received from
Okanagan Heritage Museum (Transferring institution)

Where

Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in
Ethiopia

When

Collection Date
between 1979 and 1990
Ownership Date
before 1996 and before September 14, 2022
Acquisition Date
on September 14, 2022

Other

Item Classes
paintings
Condition
good
Accession Number
3595/0068