Village of Atissa in valley from above


Title

Village of Atissa in valley from above

Date Issued

1959

Description

Atissa is an Amhara village set in a great valley. You can see the octagonal church, “tukuls” and galvanised iron on roofs. 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

Villages

Spatial Coverage

Shoa region
Ethiopia
Atissa

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-065.jpg

Citation

Forsyth, Elliott Christopher and Forsyth, Elliott Christopher (photographer), “Village of Atissa in valley from above,” Monash Collections Online, accessed September 29, 2023, https://repository.erc.monash.edu/items/show/34517.

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