Farm country near Harar


Title

Farm country near Harar

Date Issued

1959

Description

Crops of either teff, a common cereal grain used for making injera, the indigenous flat bread, or durra, a type of sorghum. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images in the collection extensively for lectures on "Ethiopia: the Land of Prester John"

Subject

Crops
Farms

Spatial Coverage

Eastern Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Harar

Medium

slide

Extent

1 slide : col., 5 x 5 cm

Rights

Copyright E. C. Forsyth

Download File(s)

https://repository.erc.monash.edu/files/upload/Data-Collections/Elliott-Forsyth/eth-011.jpg

Citation

Forsyth, Elliott Christopher and Forsyth, Elliott Christopher (photographer), “Farm country near Harar,” Monash Collections Online, accessed December 6, 2023, https://repository.erc.monash.edu/items/show/34358.

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