Neck Cross

Creator

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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/