Cross

Museum number:
5-10625
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010625
Accession number:
Acc.4036
Description:
Pendant, Ethiopia. June 14, 1985. 5-10625, 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; composed of four flat arms which taper towards the center, engraved circles and lines around perimeter with diagonal lines at the center, loop attached at one end for use as pendant is shiny. 2.5x4cm. 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 5-10625, described as Pendant, Ethiopia. June 14, 1985. 5-10625, 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; composed of four flat arms which taper towards the center, engraved circles and lines around perimeter with diagonal lines at the center, loop attached at one end for use as pendant is shiny. 2.5x4cm. 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 5-10625, described as Pendant, Ethiopia. June 14, 1985. 5-10625, 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; composed of four flat arms which taper towards the center, engraved circles and lines around perimeter with diagonal lines at the center, loop attached at one end for use as pendant is shiny. 2.5x4cm. References: McKay, Roger. "Ethiopian Jewelry" African Arts. pp 36-39. 7:4 Summer 1974.

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