Elisabeth Biasio studied cultural anthropology, psychology, and the history of religion at the University of Zurich. She worked as the curator for the Ethiopian, North African, and Near East collections of the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich. She has been carrying out research in Ethiopia since 1982 and has published several articles and books on Ethiopian art. Peter R. Gerber studied sociology, cultural anthropology, and social psychology at the University of Zurich. He worked at the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich as curator responsible for all collections from North-, Middle-, and South-America. He has accompanied Elisabeth Biasio several times on her research trips to Ethiopia.
