Excavation
Artist
Boardman Robinson
(American, born Canada, 1876 - 1952)
Date1926
MediumTempera on plaster
Dimensions24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Kraushaar Galleries
Object number1990.7
Collections
![painting depicts bird’s eye view of battle scene with dozens of soldiers, in landscape with river filled with dead bodies, buildings ( houses) characteristic of Sagale. The central field and borders have inscriptions in Amharic—see details in attachment of translations by Dr. Peter Garretson.
Bottom of painting has inscription” I painted this Sälämon Bällachäw of the tribe [land] of Gojam, by the order of Haylä Sellasé king of Kings [Emporer ] of Ethiopia](/internal/media/dispatcher/69007/thumbnail)
Visual DescriptionMale construction workers at a building site; two of the men engaged in sawing a large beam; a skyscraper is visible in the distance.