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Geography
Ethiopia, Africa
Culture
Ethiopian
Medium
Metal alloy
Dimensions
1 7/8 ✕ 1 9/16 ✕ 3/16 in. (4.7 ✕ 4.0 ✕ 0.5 cm)
0.73 oz. (20.6 g)
Credit Line
Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020
Accession Number
2020.35
Provenance
Purchased by David P. Harris in London in June of 1979.
Condition
Good condition aside from some aging of the metal on both sides.
References
Brad Hostetler, and Lynn Jones, eds., Ethiopian Objects in the Blick-Harris Study Collection: Art, Context, and the Persistence of Form, Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture 8, no. 1 (Spring 2022): pp. 5–25, 112–27, 137–38, cat. 17. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol8/iss1/1/
Description
This cross of approximately equal arms exhibits rounder edges and a plasticity that sets it apart from the hard-edged crosses in this catalog. Side 1 features an “X” incised onto a raised rectangular panel at the crossing. Side 2 does not have any markings.
Sarah Mathiesen, in Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture 8, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 137. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol8/iss1/1/
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Keywords
Yangät Mäsqäl