Author:

Haberland, Eike  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Books

Place:

Ethiopia

Welayita Āwraja

Date:

1988

Notes:

A carved wooden door, photographed in situ in Welayita (Wolayta) in southern Ethiopia, appears to bear influence of Ethiopia's Christian "high culture" both in the manner in which it is hung and decorated. Quite similar doors are known in Lalibela.

Topic:

Wooden doors  Search this

Carved wood doors  Search this

Call number:

CB3 .P142

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_662830