Antique/Vintage Ethiopian Latin Cross (E333GCE)

Description

No other region has produced the quantity, quality and diversity as the crosses from the Africa Ethiopian-Highlands, an area renowned for its unique African-art and African-metalwork. Their uniqueness of reflects influences of many ancient civilizations: Coptic, Celtic, Egyptian, Byzantine, Greek, and Roman. Ethiopia was the second country to make Christianity its official religion but remained isolated from Europe enabling the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to retain its early simplicity, purity, symbolism and early Christian practices. This simple elegant Ethiopian Cross pendant is a Latin-Cross with a horizontal bar crossing a vertical bar, the universal symbol of Christianity. The prominent flat outline of the bordered cross has rounded corners and is surmounted by a raised rounded cross in the center. Made using the lost wax technique from coin-silver with an attached suspension loop allowing a chain or cord to be threaded through it, this Ethiopian pendant with fine patina is a one-of-a-kind piece.

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