Cloth
This screen printed cotton head scarf was made by the Cotonificio Barattolo in Asmara, Eritrea, to commemorate the 1965 visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ethiopia, and her meeting with Emperor Haile Selassie I.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 114/2004/4
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Collection Area Region
- NE
- Material
- cottonpigment
- Common Name
- cloth
- Simple Name
- cloth
- Inscription Transcription
- In remembrance of visit to Ethiopia of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II February 1965; Same as above (?) in Amharic script at bottom; Printed by Barattollo
- Production Town
- Asmara
- Production Country
- Eritrea
- Production Date
- 1965
- Production Person Initials
- Roberto
- Production Person Surname
- Barattollo
