Head scarf?
Purchased in Addis Ababa in the 1960s.
In 2013 Nicola Stylianou researched this object as part of a Collections Review:
A company called Cotonificio Barattolo made this headscarf in the mid 1960s. The company is now owned by the Zambaita group and operated by ZA.ER.PLC. Their factory is based in Asmara - now Eritrea but was part of Ethiopia at the time of production. Roberto Barattolo went to Ethiopia in 1934 to start a commercial agency. Following the Second World War he built a textile factory and production began in 1956.
The image is a screen print depicting two poodles, a black dog on a white background and a white dog on a black background. Both dogs have a blue ball, blue collar and brown eyes. The dogs are likely to have belonged to Haile Selassie’s. He had a succession of pet dogs throughout his life and was frequently photographed with them giving some of the dogs an almost ‘celebrity’ like status.
In 2013 Nicola Stylianou researched this object as part of a Collections Review:
A company called Cotonificio Barattolo made this headscarf in the mid 1960s. The company is now owned by the Zambaita group and operated by ZA.ER.PLC. Their factory is based in Asmara - now Eritrea but was part of Ethiopia at the time of production. Roberto Barattolo went to Ethiopia in 1934 to start a commercial agency. Following the Second World War he built a textile factory and production began in 1956.
The image is a screen print depicting two poodles, a black dog on a white background and a white dog on a black background. Both dogs have a blue ball, blue collar and brown eyes. The dogs are likely to have belonged to Haile Selassie’s. He had a succession of pet dogs throughout his life and was frequently photographed with them giving some of the dogs an almost ‘celebrity’ like status.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 114/2004/3
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Collection Area Region
- NE
- Material
- cottonpigment
- Common Name
- head scarf?
- Simple Name
- cloth
- Inscription Transcription
- MADE BY BARATOLLO ETHIOPIA; ‘Les Corniches’ / The Poodles
- Production Town
- Asmara
- Production Country
- Ethiopia
- Production Person Initials
- Roberto
- Production Person Surname
- Baratollo