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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.

Photograph of two guards in front of the gates to the National Palace (also known as the Jubilee Palace) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Photograph of stained glass window depicting a figure holding a torch, surrounded by figures (including knights) and a vibrant sunset. The border appears to consist of flags of African nation-states. The location of the stained glass is unknown, but is in a building somewhere in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of Lorna R. Marsden with a driver in a horse cart, somewhere near Falasha Jewish village in northern Ethiopia. Both Marsden and the driver are holding fly whisks. Marsden purchased this fly whisk in Gondar, where she also bought crosses made out of metal and wood and a Ge'ez manuscript. This fly whisk, or another like it, was donated by Marsden to the Museum of Anthropology in 2016.

Photograph of the Seven Olives Hotel in Lalibela, Ethiopia which is a landmark in the town and where Lorna R. Marsden stayed during her trip to northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of the Seven Olives Hotel in Lalibela, Ethiopia which is a landmark in the town and where Lorna R. Marsden stayed during her trip to northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of Lorna R. Marsden with an umbrella and book on a street in a city somewhere in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of Lorna R. Marsden riding a camel somewhere in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of Lorna R. Marsden holding what appears to be a lion cub somewhere in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of Lorna R. Marsden standing in front of a stall selling metal pots at a market somewhere in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of two men on a hill somewhere in northern Ethiopia. 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 group of camels crossing a road in a village somewhere in northern Ethiopia.

Photograph of a cityscape with low buildings somewhere in northern Ethiopia.

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