Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1941.100 A-B:

'A: Bronze or copper "crosshead" with tenon at base to fit into handle - actually a lozenge-shaped plate, carved ajouré with interlacing, terminating in bird-heads, with a Maltese cross forming the central element of the pattern.

B: Smaller bronze or copper "cross", complete in itself (i.e. no place for handle), consisting of a larger and a smaller lozenge-shaped plate joined by a straight shaft, all flat and carved ajouré with interlacing, etc.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Crosses such as 1941.100 A are carried in religious processions by priests in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Event Date 09/1996
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy processional cross. Consists of an openwork head attached to a rectangular fitting for a handle. Head features designs cut in using an ajouré technique; a small cross is at top, and bird motifs are present along the edges. Carried by priests of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Event Date 22/2/2022
Author: Jazmin Hundal