Gallery Location
Not currently on view
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown (Ethiopian, Amhara People)
- Title
- Coptic Manuscript
- Date
- illustrations around 1960; text 19th century
- Material & Process
- Tempera on parchment, wood and twine
- Dimensions
- 6 5/8 x 4 in. Overall
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest C. Watson
- Inventory No.
- 66.13.14
- Location
- Ethiopia
Related
ca. 1960-62, likely purchased in India* by Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Charles Watson (Santa Barbara, CA); 1966, gifted to the University of Wisconsin–Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. *General donor file contains correspondence from Mrs. Watson stating that she and Mr. Watson’s collection of Indian art and artifacts was begun and amassed while living in New Delhi between 1960 and 1962; however, specific acquisition information is not documented.
- Rarey, Matthew Francis and Henry John Drewal. "Never at Rest: African Art at the University of Wisconsin." African Arts, vol 53, no. 4 (2020): 68-85. fig. 5
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