Photograph of what appears to be an excavation site somewhere in northern Ethiopia (possibly the tomb of the Queen of Sheba in Aksum, Ethiopia), showing a stone building columns and a stone wall. Also shown is a street with horse carts and pedestrians.
Photograph of the entrance of what was then thought to be the tomb of the Queen of Sheba in Aksum, Ethiopia as it was being excavated. Lorna R. Marsden purchased several paintings on cardboard from roadside sellers near the excavation site, which were later donated to the Museum of Anthropology in 2016.
Photograph of a ceremonial procession in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, showing men carrying spears and pitchforks in symbolic display. One of the long-handed spears depicted is similar to one acquired by Lorna R. Marsden during her trip to Ethiopia, and donated to the Museum of Anthropology in 2016.
Photograph of two women at the Big Market in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in Fall 1971. The two women are wearing shemma cloth, a hand woven material ubiquitous in Ethiopia, but particularly in northern Ethiopia. Lorna R. Marsden purchased an example of a shemma cloth designed for special occasions during her travels which she later donated to the Museum of Anthropology in 2016. This image shows its typical and everyday use in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Ethiopia as a body and head wrap, wrap skirt and shawl.