Portrait of a Bilen Girl

• Title Portrait of a Bilen Girl
• Category Drawing
• Medium Charcoal on paper
• Dimensions 20"h x 13.5"w
• Year Completed Undated
• Notes The girl within the picture is identified as coming from the small Bilen ethnic group in the Eritrea central highlands. Bilen women wear gold, silver or copper nose rings which indicate their wealth and social status. The ethnic markers in the portrait are the characteristic nose ring, long tightly braided hair, hairpiece, beaded necklace and henna marking on the girl’s cheeks and forehead.
• Artist Zehaie Abraha Ethiopian
• Credit John and Janet Yoder Collection
• Location Library Art Storage G13
• Accession Number 2022.0121
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