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Processional Cross   (  )
Artist	Anonymous (Ethiopia)Unknown author
Title	Processional Cross
Description	English: 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.
Date	14th century date QS:P571,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (Solomonic)
Medium	cast bronze
Dimensions	height: 22.5 cm (8.8 in); width: 17.6 cm (6.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,22.54U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,17.62U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	54.2890
Place of creation	Lasta, Ethiopia (?)
Object history	Knopfelmacher Collection [Knopfelmacher 12], New York William Wright Gallery, New York Walters Art Museum, 1996, by purchase
Exhibition history	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.
Credit line	Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 1996
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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