Healing Scroll

Culture: Amhara artist
Culture: Tigrinya artist
Date: late 18th century
Material: Parchment, pigment
made in: Ethiopia, Africa
Classification: Books & manuscripts
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 77 × 7 in. (195.6 × 17.8 cm)
Credit Line: Mary Jo and David Abrahamson Endowment
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 102:2022

c.1980
Private collection, Paris, France [1]

1999 - 2007
Joseph Knopfelmacher, Manhattan, NY, USA [2]

2007 -
Milos Simovic, New York, NY, purchased from Joseph Knopfelmacher [3]

Notes:
[1] Email correspondence from Dori Rootenberg of Jacaranda Tribal to Nichole Bridges on October 20, 2021 identified this object was in a “private Parisian collection since approximately 1980. It was purchased by Joseph Knopfelmacher in 1999. Joseph Knopfelmacher sold it to Milos Simovic in 2007” [SLAM document files].

[2] See note [1].

[3] See note [1].

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