Hand-woven Ethiopian rugs on sale

These rugs feature the imperial lion, linked to Emperor Haile Selassie and his ruling circle. Ironically, a few months after this picture was taken, the Emperor was deposed by the military and imperial symbols of this sort largely disappeared

Welch, Claude Emerson

State University of New York at Buffalo

1973-12

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Ethiopian

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Welch-Ludwig Collection

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