Objects & material culture

Artifacts.

Coins, crosses, icons and objects, with the date, source and image credit recorded for each work.

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935
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935 records

Adulis

4 shown

Aksum

33 shown

Fig. 399 Examples of wear and use-damage on lithic artefacts: a - chalcedony crescent, note the heavily worn tip and portion of the sharp edge; b, c - a unique chalcedony point with possible impact-damage at the tip on the ventral surface,from Baahti Nebait; d - worn tip of a utilised quartzAncientartifact

Wear and damage on stone tools

Examples of wear and use-damage on lithic artefacts: a - chalcedony crescent, note the heavily worn tip and portion of the sharp edge; b, c - a unique chalcedony point with possible impact-damage at the tip on the ventral surface,from Baahti Nebait; d - worn tip of a utilised quartz

Type
Sculpture & fragments
Holding
HabeshaHistory printed corpus
Symbol of Aksum (c. 4th century)Ancientartifact

Symbol of Aksum (c. 4th century)

Symbol of Aksum on coins of the beginning of the fourth century A.D. The symbol consists of a disc, symbolizing the empire (of Aksum) and a crescent symbolizing the state. Together the symbol would mean: The State of Aksum.

Date
4th century
Type
Coins & currency
Holding
Wikimedia Commons

Asmara

3 shown

Bilet

6 shown

Ethiopia

102 shown

OusasAncientartifact

Ousas

A gold coin of the Axumite king Ousas, specifically a one-third solidus , diameter 17 mm, weight 1.50 gm. Catalogue reference: Munro-Hay 85. The Commons file page gives the source as: Classical Numanistic group [1].

Type
Coins & currency
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Ancient Beads, Ethiopia (2130292694)artifact

Ancient Beads, Ethiopia (2130292694)

In the collection of the National Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Taken without flash. I've complied with restrictions on the use of flash, and taken photos only when permitted by the museum. The Commons file page gives the source as: Ancient Beads, Ethiopia.

Type
Objects
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Ethiopian Shield (2132437162)artifact

Ethiopian Shield (2132437162)

This highly ornamented leather shield is the type formerly used by elite warriors in Ethiopia. In the ethnographic collection of the National Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Commons file page gives the source as: Ethiopian Shield Uploaded by Elitre.

Type
Arms & regalia
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Detail, Imperial Throne (2130235666)artifact

Detail, Imperial Throne (2130235666)

Throne of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I. In the collection of the National Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Taken without flash. I've complied with restrictions on the use of flash, and taken photos only when permitted by the museum.

Type
Arms & regalia
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Hand Crossartifact

Hand Cross

Ethiopian metal hand crosses are typically constructed from silver, brass, or iron that has been hammered into shape rather than cast using the lost-wax method.

Type
Crosses & liturgical metalwork
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Pendant Crossartifact

Pendant Cross

Pendant crosses show the inventiveness of Ethiopian metalworkers in embellishing the simple form of the cross with a rich variety of designs.

Type
Crosses & liturgical metalwork
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Pendant Crossartifact

Pendant Cross

Pendant crosses show the inventiveness of Ethiopian metalworkers in embellishing the simple form of the cross with a rich variety of designs.

Type
Crosses & liturgical metalwork
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Pendant Crossartifact

Pendant Cross

Pendant crosses show the inventiveness of Ethiopian metalworkers in embellishing the simple form of the cross with a rich variety of designs.

Type
Crosses & liturgical metalwork
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Pendant Crossartifact

Pendant Cross

Pendant crosses show the inventiveness of Ethiopian metalworkers in embellishing the simple form of the cross with a rich variety of designs.

Type
Crosses & liturgical metalwork
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Processional Crossartifact

Processional Cross

The complicated design of this cross must have presented a considerable challenge to its creator, who cast its body in one piece. Simple incised borders sharpen and distinguish the individual components of the object.

Type
Crosses & liturgical metalwork
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Triptych Icon-3Modernartifact

Triptych Icon-3

Title Triptych Icon Place Ethiopia (Object made in) Date Made 1682–1706 Medium Tempera on linen, mounted on wood and bound with cord Dimensions 67 × 74 cm (26 3/8 × 29 1/8 in.)

Type
Icons & panel paintings
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Aluminium armringartifact

Aluminium armring

De band wordt om de onderarm gedragen. The Commons file page gives the source as: Collectie Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.

Type
Jewellery & adornment
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Kissar SAM 9artifact

Kissar SAM 9

Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente (Neue Burg) "Kissar" (bzw. "Krar"), Ähtiopien, 19. Jh. (Schildpatt, Pergament, Rohr), Inv. Nr. SAM 9 The Commons file page gives the source as: Self-photographed.

Type
Objects
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Lier met 5 snarenartifact

Lier met 5 snaren

Deze lier heeft een schaalvormige klankkast van hout, bedekt met huid met daarin kleine klankgaten. Het driehoekige frame bestaat uit 2 armen in V-vorm en een dwarsstok (juk).

Type
Objects
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Lier met 6 snarenartifact

Lier met 6 snaren

Deze lier heeft een schaalvormige klankkast, bedekt met leer waarin een aantal klankgaten zitten. De klankkast is gemaakt van een geëmailleerde ijzeren schotel (zg. 'tweede gebruik'). Het driehoekige frame bestaat uit 2 armen in V-vorm en een dwarsstok (juk).

Type
Objects
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Langhalsluit met 1 snaarartifact

Langhalsluit met 1 snaar

Deze gestreken langhalsluit (vedel) heeft 1 snaar van paardenhaar, die van de stempen via een kam naar het uiteinde van de klankkast loopt. Het is een zg. 'spiesluit', omdat de hals door het klanklichaam heengaat en er aan de andere kant weer uitkomt.

Type
Objects
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Langhalsluit met 1 snaarartifact

Langhalsluit met 1 snaar

Deze gestreken langhalsluit (vedel) heeft 1 snaar van plantaardig vezel, die van de stempen via een kam naar het uiteinde van de klankkast loopt. Het is een zg. 'spiesluit', omdat de hals door het klanklichaam heengaat en er aan de andere kant weer uitkomt.

Type
Objects
Holding
Wikimedia Commons

Ketetiya

52 shown

Mähal Wänz

5 shown

Meshalä Maryam

7 shown

Not recorded in source

7 shown

Place not stated by source

29 shown

EzanaGreekTabletAncientartifact

EzanaGreekTablet

" Ezana Stone " - trilingual inscription of Emperor Ezana in Greek, Ge'ez, and (pseudo-)Sabaic (Ge'ez language in Sabaean alphabet), with Greek side showing. Lawrence Dallaglio The Commons file page gives the source as: Flickr.

Type
Inscriptions & stelae
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Ezana steleAncientartifact

Ezana stele

" Ezana Stone " - trilingual inscription of Emperor Ezana in Greek, Ge'ez, and (pseudo-)Sabaic (Ge'ez language in Sabaean alphabet), with Greek side showing. Lawrence Dallaglio The Commons file page gives the source as: Flickr.

Type
Inscriptions & stelae
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Cross and Staffartifact

Cross and Staff

Cross and Staff The Commons file page gives the source as: Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum ; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1997.168.3_print_detail_bw.jpg.

Type
Crosses & liturgical metalwork
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Processional Crossartifact

Processional Cross

Processional Cross The Commons file page gives the source as: Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum ; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2000.123.2_transp4139.jpg.

Type
Crosses & liturgical metalwork
Holding
Wikimedia Commons
Processional Crossartifact

Processional Cross

Processional Cross The Commons file page gives the source as: Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum ; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.83.144_print_bw.jpg.

Type
Crosses & liturgical metalwork
Holding
Wikimedia Commons

Qohaito

5 shown

Qopros

7 shown

Tätär Gur

3 shown

Yeha

4 shown

Other recorded places

21 shown

Fig. 8. Détail du côté gauche du trône de Haoulti, avant remontage. Le grand personnage qui suit le précédent porte une barbe courte et non bouclée; ses sourcils sont figurés; il est habillé d'un pagne bouffant* muni d'un pan qui retombe par-derrièreAncientartifact

Hawelti throne: detail before reassembly

Détail du côté gauche du trône de Haoulti, avant remontage. Le grand personnage qui suit le précédent porte une barbe courte et non bouclée; ses sourcils sont figurés; il est habillé d'un pagne bouffant* muni d'un pan qui retombe par-derrière

Type
Arms & regalia
Place
Hawelti-Melazo
Holding
HabeshaHistory printed corpus
Processional Cross (qäqwami mäsqäl) — view 1Medievalartifact

Processional cross (qäqwami mäsqäl)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues this object as “Processional Cross (qäqwami mäsqäl)”. The museum dates it to 15th–16th century. Its recorded cultural attribution is Amhara or Tigrinya peoples. The catalogue geography is Ethiopia; Highlands region.

Date
15th–16th century
Type
Religious objects
Place
Highlands region
Holding
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wall painting of the Virgin and Child with donorsModernartifact

Wall painting of the Virgin and Child with donors

Wall painting of the Virgin and Child with donors, which the Met dates ca. 1800. The museum records the medium as Pigment over gesso on canvas. Recorded dimensions: H. 81 7/8 × W. 63 in. (208 × 160 cm). Credit line: Anonymous Gift, 2021.

Date
ca. 1800
Type
Icons & panel paintings
Place
Lake Tana region
Holding
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Processional Cross — view 1Medievalartifact

Processional Cross

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues this object as “Processional Cross”. The museum dates it to 14th–15th century. Its recorded cultural attribution is Northern Highlands region. The catalogue geography is Ethiopia; Lasta region.

Date
14th–15th century
Type
Religious objects
Place
Lasta
Holding
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross) — view 1Medievalartifact

Mäsqälä qǝddase liturgical cross

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues this object as “Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)”. The museum dates it to 13th–14th century. Its recorded cultural attribution is Northern Highlands region. The catalogue geography is Ethiopia; Northern Highlands.

Date
13th–14th century
Type
Religious objects
Place
Northern Highlands
Holding
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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