Procession cross, 18th century · Ethiopia · ID: 3041685
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Provenance
Collection Sachau-Zeies, Wittlich, GermanySize
M: 35,5 cm x 25 cm
M: 14.0 inch x 9.8 inch
Description
brass, black pigment, consisting of two parts (spout and cross), corpus of the cross in openwork design decorated with engraved ornaments, handle-shaped recess on both sides of the spout, traces of old age (slightly stained), wooden base;
the cross is “dressed” when presented in public - the holes flanking the shaft are designed to receive a piece of colourful cloth.
The object Procession cross, 18th century with the object ID 3041685 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 472.
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