Fifteen Figures

MOA: University of British Columbia

3188/6

Gouache paint on paper. Image shows fifteen squares, delineated by orange lines and with a dark yellow background. Inside each square is a man (likely saints), in frontal view, upper body and head. Large eyes are prominent in the bearded face, right hands are raised, and left hands hold a book. All wear a robe in either orange, green or grey-green, some with stripes, and have a halo surrounding their heads.


  • Type of Item painting
  • Culture Ethiopian
  • Material paper
  • Measurements height 32.6 cm, width 23.9 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ethiopia

  • Creation Date before 1950
  • Collection Date during 1972
  • Ownership Date before July 15, 2016
  • Acquisition Date on July 15, 2016

  • Item Classes paintings; works on paper
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3188/0006