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British collecting in Ethiopia, 1769 to 1972: travellers, military expeditions, museums and royal gifting
The Ethiopian objects found in Britain’s museums and cultural institutions today reflect over two centuries of interconnected history, and multiple shifts in the political, diplomatic, and cultural relationships between the two countries. Through an interdisciplinary approach which draws on Ethiopian Studies, African Art History, Histories of Collecting, Anthropology, and Museum...Watson-Jones , Alexandra Marie
Ethiopia , Colonial collecting , Collecting, Museums , Maqdala , African art , Indigenous agency, Abyssinia , Looting , and Histories of collecting