Hand cross

Museum number:
5-8476
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050008476
Alternate number:
198 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
Hand cross with incised inscription near base; iron; length: 24.5 cm. Carried by Coptic priests; people bow and kiss cross when they meet priest.
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ethiopia; Lalibela
Collector:
David Solomon
Collection date:
1967-68
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hand crosses
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
October 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hand cross, accession number 5-8476, described as Hand cross with incised inscription near base; iron; length: 24.5 cm. Carried by Coptic priests; people bow and kiss cross when they meet priest.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hand cross, accession number 5-8476, described as Hand cross with incised inscription near base; iron; length: 24.5 cm. Carried by Coptic priests; people bow and kiss cross when they meet priest.

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