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Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross), Ezra, Wood, tin — Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)
Ezra
ca. 1500

Book of the Gospels, Northern Highlands artist, Parchment (vellum), acacia wood, tempera, ink — Book of the Gospels
Northern Highlands artist
late 14th–early 15th century

Yäʿğğ mäsqäl (hand cross), Northern Highlands artist, Wood, metal, Tigray region — Yäʿğğ mäsqäl (hand cross)
Northern Highlands artist
18th century

Processional Cross, Copper alloy, Ethiopia, Lasta region — Processional Cross
Ethiopia, Lasta region
early 15th century

Tälsäm or yä bərana kətab (healing scroll), Northern Highlands däbtära (religious scholar), Parchment (vellum), pigment, Amhara or Tigrinya peoples — Tälsäm or yä bərana kətab (healing scroll)
Northern Highlands däbtära (religious scholar)
19th century

Processional Cross, Northern Highlands artist, Brass, Northern Highlands region — Processional Cross
Northern Highlands artist
14th–15th century

Icon triptych of Ewosṭatewos and eight of his disciples, Northern Highlands artist, Wood, tempera, cord, Amhara — Icon triptych of Ewosṭatewos and eight of his disciples
Northern Highlands artist
late 17th century

Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross), Northern Highlands artist, Copper, Central or Northern Highlands region — Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)
Northern Highlands artist
15th century

Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross), Northern Highlands artist, Bronze, Tigrinya peoples — Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)
Northern Highlands artist
12th–13th century

Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross), Northern Highlands artist, Bronze, Northern Highlands region — Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)
Northern Highlands artist
13th–14th century

Ṣanāṣel (sistrum), Silver-plated brass, Ethiopia — Ṣanāṣel (sistrum)
Ethiopia
20th century

Kerar (lyre), Wood, beads, shells, fiber, metal, hide, Ethiopian or Sudanese — Kerar (lyre)
Ethiopian or Sudanese
early to mid-20th century

Masenqo, Wood, hide, horsehair, cotton, Ethiopian — Masenqo
Ethiopian
20th century

Arganonä Maryam (The Organ of Mary) prayer book, Baselyos, also known as "The Ground Hornbill Master" Ethiopian, Parchment, pigment ink, wood, leather, fiber — Arganonä Maryam (The Organ of Mary) prayer book
Baselyos, also known as "The Ground Hornbill Master"
late 17th century

Wall painting of the Virgin and Child with donors, Northern Highlands artist, Pigment over gesso on canvas — Wall painting of the Virgin and Child with donors
Northern Highlands artist
ca. 1800

The Cross, the Church, and the Butterfly

Skunder Boghossian

1980s

Double-Sided Gospel Leaf, Tempera on parchment, Ethiopian — Double-Sided Gospel Leaf
Ethiopian
first half 14th century

Processional Cross, Copper alloy, Ethiopian — Processional Cross
Ethiopian
13th–early 14th century

Tightrope 5.1, Elias Sime Ethiopian, Telephone wire nailed to fiberboard (telephone wire, nails on fiberboard) — Tightrope 5.1
Elias Sime
2009–14

Headrest, Wood, Oromo peoples — Headrest
Oromo peoples
19th–20th century

Headrest, Wood, pigment, Oromo peoples (?) — Headrest
Oromo peoples (?)
19th–20th century

Headrest, Wood, Sidaama peoples (?) — Headrest
Sidaama peoples (?)
19th–20th century

Ceremonial Whisk (čera or chira), Metal, hair, pigment, Ethiopian — Ceremonial Whisk (čera or chira)
Ethiopian
19th–20th century

Headrest, Wood, Sidaama peoples (?) — Headrest
Sidaama peoples (?)
19th–20th century

Headrest, Wood, Sidaama peoples (?) — Headrest
Sidaama peoples (?)
19th–20th century

Prayer book with case (mahdar), Wäldä Maryam African, Parchment (vellum), pigment (red, blue, ochre, and black), leather, wood, string — Prayer book with case (mahdar)
Wäldä Maryam
19th century

Pendant Icon: St. George, Virgin and Child Enthroned, Wood, pigment, metal hinge, Ethiopian — Pendant Icon: St. George, Virgin and Child Enthroned
Ethiopian
18th century

Sandals, Leather, cortical fiber; embroidered — Sandals
early 20th century

Textile, Cotton, Ethiopia — Textile
Ethiopia
20th century

Selecha, Elias Sime Ethiopian, Goat hide, synthetic fibers, straw — Selecha
Elias Sime
2008

Tälsäm or yä bərana kətab (healing scroll), Northern Highlands däbtära (religious scholar), Parchment, ink, pigments, cotton, Tigrinya peoples — Tälsäm or yä bərana kətab (healing scroll)
Northern Highlands däbtära (religious scholar)
18th–19th century

Hand Cross (mäsqäl), Wood, Amhara or Tigrinya peoples — Hand Cross (mäsqäl)
Amhara or Tigrinya peoples
18th century

Double Diptych Icon Pendant, Wood, tempera pigment, string, Amhara or Tigrinya peoples — Double Diptych Icon Pendant
Amhara or Tigrinya peoples
early 18th century

Processional Cross (qäqwami mäsqäl), Bronze, Amhara or Tigrinya peoples — Processional Cross (qäqwami mäsqäl)
Amhara or Tigrinya peoples
15th–16th century

Selecha, Elias Sime Ethiopian, Goat hide, synthetic fibers, straw — Selecha
Elias Sime
2008

Healing Scroll, Parchment, pigments, Amhara or Tigrinya peoples — Healing Scroll
Amhara or Tigrinya peoples
19th century

Rebāb al-shā''ir, Ethiopian — Rebāb al-shā''ir
Ethiopian
late 19th–early 20th century

Tsanatsel, Metal, wood, Ethiopian — Tsanatsel
Ethiopian
20th century

Rattle, Taga Ethiopian, Gourd, tin, Ethiopian — Rattle
Taga
late 19th century

Bowl Lyre, Tortoiseshell, skin, wood, leather, probably Ethiopian — Bowl Lyre
probably Ethiopian
19th century