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2011-17-2

From: Ethiopia

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2011-17-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Ethiopia
Section African
Materials Vellum | Pigment
Technique Painted
Iconography Man | Dogs
Description

Icon - Man, possibly a cleric, wearing blue robe with yellow trim and holding white object; red lesions on legs. Flanked by 2 yellow collared dogs (tan with white spots, and white with blue spots), standing up on hind legs, paws on man's shoulders and licking his head. Green ground and blue sky. Vellum with blue, green, brown and yellow pigments.

Height 37.4 cm
Width 29.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Bernard Wailes, University of Pennsylvania Professor Emeritus, 2011

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