Christian Processional Cross Yale University Art Gallery

13th–14th century

Medium: Brass
Dimensions: 8 3/4 × 5 1/16 × 11/16in. (22.3 × 12.9 × 1.7 cm)
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund
Accession Number: 2010.214.1
Geography: Northern Lasta or Tigre province, Ethiopia
Culture: Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Period: 13th–14th century
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Milos Simovic, New York; Marc Ginzberg and Denise Ginzberg, Rye, New York, to 2010; sold to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2010

Bibliography

Frederick John Lamp, "Designs against Evil: An Ethiopian Orthodox Processional Cross," in "Elihu Yale," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2012), 114, fig. 2

"Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed March 1, 2012), 3, ill.

Jock Reynolds, "Director's Report," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2011), 16–17, ill.

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

crosses (objects), pendants (jewelry), religious art

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