Processional Cross

Unknown Ethiopian, Ethiopian

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15th-18th century

Copper alloy

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

158.12.18291

Geography

Place Made: Ethiopia, Africa

Period

1400-1900

Object Name

Religious Object

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Course History

Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023

Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023

History 5.08, African and African American Studies 19.01, Africa and the World, Robby Zeinstra, Fall 2023

History 5.08, African and African American Studies 19.01, Africa and the World, Robby Zeinstra, Fall 2023

History 85.01, African and African American Studies 88.23, The Black Atlantic, Ernesto Mercado-Montero, Winter 2024

Provenance

Edwin Jan Van Etten (1884-1956), Lyme, New Hampshire; to Jesse Keller Fenno (1894-1963, Class of 1916), Lyme, New Hampshire; purchased by present collection, 1958.

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