Women carrying eucalypt boughs to market on Asmara Rd


Title

Women carrying eucalypt boughs to market on Asmara Rd

Date Issued

1959

Description

The boughs being carried are used as fuel for fires as there is little other wood available. 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"

Medium

slide

Extent

1 slide : col., 5 x 5 cm

Rights

Copyright E. C. Forsyth

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https://repository.erc.monash.edu/files/upload/Data-Collections/Elliott-Forsyth/eth-038.jpg

Citation

Forsyth, Elliott Christopher and Forsyth, Elliott Christopher (photographer), “Women carrying eucalypt boughs to market on Asmara Rd,” Monash Collections Online, accessed December 6, 2023, https://repository.erc.monash.edu/items/show/34436.

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