Dire Dawa


Title

Dire Dawa

Date Issued

1959

Description

Woman wearing the traditional shamma, a cotton overgarment. 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

Clothing
Women

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-016.jpg

Citation

Forsyth, Elliott Christopher and Forsyth, Elliott Christopher (photographer), “Dire Dawa,” Monash Collections Online, accessed September 24, 2023, https://repository.monash.edu/items/show/34373.

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