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Hand Cross

about 1450 · Ethiopia

Medieval · artifact

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Plate 1Hand Cross, Ethiopia, about 1450, iron, The Melikian Collection.

Michael Lundgren

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 100, cat. 26 (supplied scan PDF p. 100)

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Hand Cross, Ethiopia, about 1450, iron, The Melikian Collection.Plate 1 · Michael Lundgren · Printed p. 100, cat. 26 (supplied scan PDF p. 100)

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Catalogue no. 26: Hand Cross. about 1450; iron; Ethiopia.

Date
about 1450
Object type
Crosses & liturgical metalwork
Recorded place
Ethiopia
Holding
The Melikian Collection
Source locator
Printed p. 100, cat. 26 (supplied scan PDF p. 100)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).