Debteras ready to begin their dance.


Title

Debteras ready to begin their dance.

Date Issued

1959

Description

The tabot or a book of scripture has been placed before the clergy with young acolytes in attendance. 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

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-095.jpg

Citation

Forsyth, Elliott Christopher and Forsyth, Elliott Christopher (photographer), “Debteras ready to begin their dance.,” Monash Collections Online, accessed September 29, 2023, https://repository.erc.monash.edu/items/show/34607.

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