Recovered from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)

By Northern Highlands artist, 13th–14th century.

Maker: Northern Highlands artist
Date: 13th–14th century
Culture: Northern Highlands region
Medium: Bronze
Object type: Metal-Sculpture
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object no.: 320833
Credit line: Purchase, 2005 Benefit Fund, 2011
Dimensions: 3327 × 4000 px · portrait
Rooms: African & Global Heritage Sacred & Devotional Symbols & Ornament The Living World Objects with Gravity

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Suggested credit: Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross) by Northern Highlands artist (13th–14th century). Purchase, 2005 Benefit Fund, 2011 Rights: CC0. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/320833

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A richly ornamented, golden cross staff, typical of Ethiopian Orthodox Christian liturgical use, rests on a neutral gray background.

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