MINING A MOTHER LODE: EARLY EUROPEAN TRAVEL LITERATURE AND THE HISTORY OF PRECIOUS METALWORKING IN HIGHLAND ETHIOPIA

From: History In Africa | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Sobania, Neal; Silverman, Raymond | Copyright information

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Our primary concern in this essay is with reconstructing the history of material culture. As anyone who has ever looked into the material culture of Ethiopia quickly discovers, the travel accounts of early European visitors can be a rich and varied source for illuminating any number of such traditions, including those of metal-, leather-, basket-, and woodworking, as well as pottery, weaving, and painting. Dating from the first part of the sixteenth century, the descriptions of journ...

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