MAKE A MEME View Large Image Ethiopian - Processional Cross - Walters 542890.jpg This cross which survives in nearly pristine condition was cast in one piece with the base and body formed of the same material The high degree of perforation creating a radiating lattice ...
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Keywords: Ethiopian - Processional Cross - Walters 542890.jpg This cross which survives in nearly pristine condition was cast in one piece with the base and body formed of the same material The high degree of perforation creating a radiating lattice of crosses would have been difficult to achieve in any other medium Because of its inherent strength bronze was ideally suited to this kind of treatment The design is rigorously geometric dominated by the interaction of circular and cruciform shapes The curving ribbons enclosing the central cross differentiate this space from the concentric rings around it The central cross therefore remains the focus of the object and is further distinguished by its open-work construction The many small crosses radiating from the hub of this wheel-like form allude to the symbolic regenerative properties of the cross The form of this wheel cross is common to the province of Lasta site of the churches of Lalibala century 14 15 Solomonic cast bronze cm 22 54 17 62 accession number 54 2890 5913 Knopfelmacher Collection Knopfelmacher 12 New York William Wright Gallery New York Walters Art Museum 1996 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the W Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund 1996 Ethiopian Art at The Walters The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996 Angels of Light Ethiopian Art from the Walters Art Museum Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Smith College Museum of Art Northampton; Museum of Biblical Art New York 2006-2007 place of origin Lasta Ethiopia Walters Art Museum license Art of Ethiopia in the Walters Art Museum Crosses from Ethiopia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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