The Abyssinian Expedition: funeral of the widow of King Theodore at Aikhullet, 1868. '...the unfortunate Queen or Empress of Abyssinia, the mother of the little boy, Dejatch on May had long been ill of pulmonary disease [ie TB] "...in front of the tent where the corpse was lying I found all the Queen's female attendants going through the custom of wailing for their times they tore their hair and rubbed or scratched their foreheads till the blood body was placed upon a [and was] carried by four Abyssinians; a richly-ornamented red um
The Abyssinian Expedition: funeral of the widow of King Theodore at Aikhullet, 1868. '...the unfortunate Queen or Empress of Abyssinia, the mother of the little boy, Dejatch on May had long been ill of pulmonary disease [ie TB] "...in front of the tent where the corpse was lying I found all the Queen's female attendants going through the custom of wailing for their times they tore their hair and rubbed or scratched their foreheads till the blood body was placed upon a [and was] carried by four Abyssinians; a richly-ornamented red umbrella was held before the bier; the large cross also had a conspicuous place, and the dresses of the priests gave a very fine effect to the procession. The Alika, a sort of bishop of Chelikut, was is the little man, with the large white head-dress, shown to the left the procession moved band played "The Dead March in Saul", which always has a solemn late Queen was not much above eighteen years of proper name was Tiroowark, which means "pure gold"; but at her baptism she was called Walata Tekla Haimanout, or Daughter of Tekla Haimanout an Abyssinian saint. She bore the title of Itighé, or Empress".' From "Illustrated London News", 1868.
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