Silver Cross

Unidentified Eritrean maker

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1964-1965

Silver

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Joel Whiting

165.33.15646

Geography

Place Made: Asmara, Eritrea, Eastern Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Religious Object

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Course History

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

Provenance

Collected by Joel Whiting, Asmara, Eritrea (formerly Ethiopia), early 1960's; given to present collection, 1965.

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