Cross

Museum number:
5-10626
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010626
Accession number:
Acc.4036
Description:
Pendant, Ethiopia. June 14, 1985. 5-10626, acc no. 4036, file code 5.1. Collector: Franklin H. Williams. Donor: Franklin H. Williams. Materials, techniques: cast silver alloy. Context of use: Associated with Coptic Christianity. Description: cross; floral shape, back smooth, front with engraved lines and circles which are substantially worn away from use, loop attached to top for use as pendant. 5x4cm. References: McKay, Roger. "Ethiopian Jewelry" African Arts. pp 36-39. 7:4 Summer 1974.
Donor:
Franklin H. Williams
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia
Collector:
Franklin H. Williams
Collection date:
June 14, 1985
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Crosses (visual works) and Pendants (jewelry)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
June 1985
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cross, accession number 5-10626, described as Pendant, Ethiopia. June 14, 1985. 5-10626, acc no. 4036, file code 5.1. Collector: Franklin H. Williams. Donor: Franklin H. Williams. Materials, techniques: cast silver alloy. Context of use: Associated with Coptic Christianity. Description: cross; floral shape, back smooth, front with engraved lines and circles which are substantially worn away from use, loop attached to top for use as pendant. 5x4cm. References: McKay, Roger. "Ethiopian Jewelry" African Arts. pp 36-39. 7:4 Summer 1974.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cross, accession number 5-10626, described as Pendant, Ethiopia. June 14, 1985. 5-10626, acc no. 4036, file code 5.1. Collector: Franklin H. Williams. Donor: Franklin H. Williams. Materials, techniques: cast silver alloy. Context of use: Associated with Coptic Christianity. Description: cross; floral shape, back smooth, front with engraved lines and circles which are substantially worn away from use, loop attached to top for use as pendant. 5x4cm. References: McKay, Roger. "Ethiopian Jewelry" African Arts. pp 36-39. 7:4 Summer 1974.

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