MAKE A MEME View Large Image Ethiopian - Hand Cross - Walters 52297.jpg Ethiopian metal hand crosses are typically constructed from silver brass or iron that has been hammered into shape rather than cast using the lost-wax method These objects draw their formal ...
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Keywords: Ethiopian - Hand Cross - Walters 52297.jpg Ethiopian metal hand crosses are typically constructed from silver brass or iron that has been hammered into shape rather than cast using the lost-wax method These objects draw their formal inspiration from processional crosses and their creators often imitated styles that had been developed at great religious centers such as Lalibala The formal relationship of the pierced hand cross to lattice work processional crosses is evident in the drilled holes of its body an attempt to imitate the form of larger objects Although their reliance on pre-existing models makes hand crosses difficult to date these objects were an important means of transmitting local styles particularly as they were designed to be portable century 13 14 Solomonic hammered iron cm 34 7 6 0 8 accession number 52 297 35126 Knopfelmacher Collection New York William Wright Gallery New York Nooter Collection 1990 Walters Art Museum Gift of Nancy and Robert Nooter 1997 Angels of Light Ethiopian Art from the Walters Art Museum Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Smith College Museum of Art Northampton; Museum of Biblical Art New York 2006-2007 place of origin Ethiopia Walters Art Museum license Art of Ethiopia in the Walters Art Museum Crosses from Ethiopia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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