Hand cross

Museum number:
5-8474
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
196 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
Hand cross; elaborate openwork cross with incised dots on both faces; length: 25.7 cm. Made of brass faked to look old. Carried by Coptic priests; people bow and kiss cross when they meet priest.
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ethiopia; Addis Ababa
Collector:
David Solomon
Collection date:
June 1967
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 5-8474, described as Hand cross; elaborate openwork cross with incised dots on both faces; length: 25.7 cm. Made of brass faked to look old. 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 5-8474, described as Hand cross; elaborate openwork cross with incised dots on both faces; length: 25.7 cm. Made of brass faked to look old. Carried by Coptic priests; people bow and kiss cross when they meet priest.

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