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Photograph of a group of people and animals walking on a road in a hilly rural region somewhere in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of Lorna R. Marsden and a young man standing in a plaza somewhere in northern European.

Photograph of what appears to be a straw or mud hut somewhere in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of two men and a horse cart on a road somewhere in northern Ethiopia, likely near the Falasha Jewish village in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of Lorna R. Marsden holding a fly whisk in front of a hotel, likely in Addis Ababa. This fly whisk, or another like it, was donated by Marsden to the Museum of Anthropology in 2016.

Photograph of the Haile Selassie Celebration in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the unveiling of a statue in December 1971. This was a special holiday to celebrate Haile Selassie and during which a new statue of the Lion of Judah was unveiled. The procession was not religious but religious symbols and clothing was worn. This photograph shows a procession similar to one shown in a painting on vellum entitled Religious Procession, which Lorna R. Marsden acquired while on this trip to Ethiopia and 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 a waterfall taken from an airplane. These falls are likely the Blue Nile falls located near Bahir Dar in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of a market somewhere in northern Ethiopia. Several people seem to be 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.

Photograph of a dog on a balcony taken somewhere in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of corrugated steel rooftops, a clock tower, and buildings in a city in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of the excavation site of what was then thought to be the tomb of the Queen of Sheba in Aksum, Ethiopia. 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 priest taken in the rock churches, which are painted churches in Tigre province outside of Mekele, Ethiopia. The priest is seen holding a gold cross being unwrapped from some luxurious cloth. The photograph provides context for a painted portrait of a high standing person acquired by Marsden in Ethiopia and later donated to the Museum of Anthropology in that the photograph shows a gold cross similar to one depicted in the painting.

Photograph of a group of men and children in front of a stone wall. The man on the right is 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, but this image shows its typical and everyday use by men and boys in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Ethiopia as wrap skirts and as shawls.

Photograph of a what appears to be a straw hut next to a stone wall somewhere in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of the Greate Stele in Aksum, Ethiopia. This photograph was taken by Lorna R. Marsden during her visit to Aksum, where she purchased several original paintings in shops and from roadside sellers that she later donated to the Museum of Anthropology in 2016.

Photograph of a man in front of Biete Mariam church, one of several rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia.

Photograph of Lorna R. Marsden with a group of children, some of whom are wearing shemma cloth. Shemma cloth is a hand woven material ubiquitous in Ethiopia, but particularly in northern Ethiopia. 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 by men and boys in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Ethiopia as wrap skirts and as shawls.

Photograph of tables of stoneware for sale and a woman unpacking what appears to be stoneware in a market in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of a street with buildings and billboards, likely in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.