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Maker(s):Petegorsky, Stephen
Culture:American, born 1954
Title:Man Weaving, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date Made:2003, printed in 2011
Type:Photograph
Materials:pigment inkjet print
Measurements:Sheet: 17 in x 22 in; 43.2 cm x 55.9 cm; Image: 13 5/8 in x 20 5/8 in; 34.6 cm x 52.4 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2011.49
Credit Line:Gift of the artist (Class of 1975)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
On the outskirts of Addis Ababa, a man weaves on a loom at the Moon Leprosy Cooperative, where people who have had leprosy (now more typically called Hansen's disease) can work making candles, sifting grain, and weaving.

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