Temkat at Addis Ababa racecourse


Title

Temkat at Addis Ababa racecourse

Date Issued

1959

Description

A priest blessing the water at the pool. 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"

Spatial Coverage

Shoa region
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa

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-078.jpg

Citation

Forsyth, Elliott Christopher and Forsyth, Elliott Christopher (photographer), “Temkat at Addis Ababa racecourse,” Monash Collections Online, accessed December 2, 2023, https://repository.erc.monash.edu/items/show/34556.

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