Painting Item Number: 3595/65 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Horizontal painting on animal hide depicting a nativity scene with four human figures. Three adults are crouched or kneeling around a baby wrapped in white cloth and laying on hay. Two adult figures on the viewer's left and right sides have yellow circles (halos) with red lines behind their heads. The baby also appears to have a halo. The adult figure in the centre of the painting does not have a halo, but there is black and red Ethiopian text above their head that extends to the right, above the halo of the figure on the viewer's right. Three small animal heads are located between the centre and right figures. There is additional black Ethiopian text below the left foot of the figure on the viewer's right side. On the back of the skin, there is a small numbered label written in ink on the lower right corner.
Narrative
Collected by Fred Haack while living in Africa. Acquired by the Kelowna Museum (now Okanagan Heritage Museum) in 1996.
Item History
- Made in Ethiopia
- Collected between 1979 and 1990
- Owned by Fred E. Haack before 1996
- Owned by Okanagan Heritage Museum before September 14, 2022
- Received from Okanagan Heritage Museum (Transferring institution) on September 14, 2022
What
- Name
- Painting
- Identification Number
- 3595/65
- Type of Item
- painting
- Overall
- height 30.3 cm, width 39.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Ethiopian
- Previous Owner
- Fred E. Haack and Okanagan Heritage Museum
- Received from
- Okanagan Heritage Museum (Transferring institution)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ethiopia
When
- Collection Date
- between 1979 and 1990
- Ownership Date
- before 1996 and before September 14, 2022
- Acquisition Date
- on September 14, 2022
Other
- Item Classes
- paintings
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3595/0065