Neck Cross

Creator

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Geography

Ethiopia, Africa

Culture

Ethiopian

Medium

Metal alloy

Dimensions

2 ³/₈ ✕ 1 ³/₄ ✕ ¹/₁₆ in. (6.0 ✕ 4.5 ✕ 0.2 cm)

0.54 oz. (15.4 g)

Credit Line

Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020

Accession Number

2020.42

Provenance

Purchased by David P. Harris from Christopher Martin in London in June of 1977.

Condition

Minor scratching on the surface of side 1.

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, 145, cat. 23. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol8/iss1/1/

Description

This cross is formed from a single piece of metal. The woven pattern is created by the combination of diamond-shaped cutouts and incised lines in the metal. Side 1 features an additional incised line down the middle of each “thread” in the weave-like pattern, while side 2 does not.

Sarah Mathiesen, in Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture 8, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 145. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol8/iss1/1/