Painting on vellum. Image shows four standing hunters facing right, two large green snakes, two quivers of light blue arrows and three red and white bows carried among them. The men all wear loincloths, three white and one red. Bodies are drawn with black ink and red paint outlines, filled with a wash of black mixed with yellow-orange paint. The background is dark yellow, and a border of unpainted vellum surrounds the scene. Amharic inscription along right side of scene (translates to: "When the Negroes returned after killing basilisk").

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• Type of Item painting
• Culture Ethiopian
• Measurements height 20.7 cm, width 27.5 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Edward Harvey, Lorna Marsden
• Received from Edward Harvey, Lorna Marsden

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• Made in Ethiopia

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• Creation Date before 1900
• Collection Date during 1972
• Ownership Date before July 15, 2016
• Acquisition Date on July 15, 2016

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• Item Classes paintings
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3188/0002