DepartmentAfrica

The Battle of Adwa

NamePainting

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1965

Place madeEthiopia, Africa

MediumPainted cloth on wood

Dimensions31 1/2 × 88 1/8 in. (80 × 223.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.13.276

Object numberA.1981.13.276

Collections

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond

DescriptionOil-based paint on fiber, glued to wood; pink border, center, top; a saint with a sword rides a white horse encircled by three colors, right side: Italian troops in white hats with canon forces; three tents, men in turbans, with shields.

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