Caption

Hand-made Ethiopian cross, 20th century. Very schematic design: a rhombus mounted on a shaft topped with a rectangular plate with a rhomboid projection growing from the center of the plate's lower side. Upper rhombus-shaped part decorated with wavy incisions on the edges and rhomboids on the tops. Material: hand-made; place of manufacture: Tigray. Cross; height 29 cm, width 8 cm., A wooden object with a carved decorative top, a long rectangular shaft, and a geometric lower end, all shown against a neutral pale gray background; the wood displays various brown tones with darker brown grain and spots, and there are subtle variations in the brown surface suggesting wear and texture.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_183

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (2.2Mb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Hand- Ethiopian cross 20th century schematic design rhombus mounted shaft topped rectangular plate rhomboid projection growing center plate's lower side Upper rhombus-shaped part decorated wavy incisions edges rhomboids tops Material hand- place manufacture Tigray Cross height 29 cm width 8 cm wooden object carved decorative top long rectangular shaft geometric lower shown neutral pale gray background wood displays various brown tones darker brown grain spots subtle variations brown surface suggesting wear texture.