About this work
Yäʿğğ mäsqäl (hand cross), made in Tigray region and dated 18th century. The Met catalogues it as wood, metal. Its recorded dimensions are H. 20 7/8 × W. 8 1/16 × D. 1/2 in. (53 × 20.5 × 1.3 cm)
Original catalogue wording
Source classification: Cross
- Date
- 18th century
- Object type
- Crosses & liturgical metalwork
- Recorded place
- Tigray region
- Holding institution
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Accession
- 2016.315