Cross

Museum number:
5-10622
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010622
Accession number:
Acc.4036
Description:
Pendant, Ethiopia. June 14, 1985. 5-10622, 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; traditional cross shape enclosed within a silver circle on whose outer edge are eight flat, round protrusions, to the largest of which is attached loop for use as pendant. All edges worn smooth with use. 3.5x5cm. 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 5-10622, described as Pendant, Ethiopia. June 14, 1985. 5-10622, 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; traditional cross shape enclosed within a silver circle on whose outer edge are eight flat, round protrusions, to the largest of which is attached loop for use as pendant. All edges worn smooth with use. 3.5x5cm. 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 5-10622, described as Pendant, Ethiopia. June 14, 1985. 5-10622, 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; traditional cross shape enclosed within a silver circle on whose outer edge are eight flat, round protrusions, to the largest of which is attached loop for use as pendant. All edges worn smooth with use. 3.5x5cm. References: McKay, Roger. "Ethiopian Jewelry" African Arts. pp 36-39. 7:4 Summer 1974.

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