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

The Cross, the Church, and the Butterfly

Skunder Boghossian

1980s

Wall Painting with Saints Täklä Haymanot and Ewosṭatewos
Ethiopian (Gondar, Ethiopia)
second half 17th century

Amhara or Tigrinya peoples

19th century

Psalter
Ethiopian (Tigray, Ethiopia)
15th century

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

Pectoral
Ethiopian (Aksum, Ethiopia)
15th century

The Virgin and Apostle Capital
1170s

Manuscript
Ethiopian Orthodox (Ethiopia)
ca. 1500

Ants & Ceramicists 4
Elias Sime
2009–2011

Bowl Lyre
probably Ethiopian
19th century

Processional Cross
Ethiopian
13th–early 14th century

Healing Scroll
Amhara or Tigrinya peoples
19th century

Mäṣḥafä Bərhan (Book of Light)
Ethiopian (Ethiopia)
ca. 1450–1468

Coin of Endybis (AV.1 Type)
Ethiopian (Aksum, Ethiopia)
295–310

Rattle
Taga
late 19th century

Tälsäm or yä bərana kətab (healing scroll)

Northern Highlands däbtära (religious scholar)

19th century

Ṣanāṣel (sistrum)
Ethiopia
20th century

Headrest
Sidaama peoples (?)
19th–20th century

Tälsäm or yä bərana kətab (healing scroll)
Northern Highlands däbtära (religious scholar)
19th century

The Saint James the Greater Capital
1170s

Amhara or Tigrinya peoples

19th century

Cross
Ethiopian
14th century

Gunda Gospels manuscript
Ethiopian (Tigray, Ethiopia)
1440–1480

Textile
Ethiopia
20th century

The Return of the Axum Obelisk

Theo Eshetu

2009/2023

Processional Cross
Ethiopian (Ethiopia)
mid 15th–early 16th century

Täʾammərä Maryam (Miracles of Mary)
Ethiopian (Ethiopia)
late 17th century

Sandals
early 20th century

Processional Cross
Ethiopia, Lasta region
early 15th century

Healing Scroll
Amhara or Tigrinya peoples
19th century

Coin of Apuilas (AV.1 Type)
Ethiopian (Aksum, Ethiopia)
310–early 320s

Processional Cross
Ethiopian (Ethiopia)
12th–13th century

Wall Painting with Saint Sosənna (Susanna) and Her Persecutors
Ethiopian (Gondar, Ethiopia)
second half 17th century

Ceremonial Whisk (čera or chira)
Ethiopian
19th–20th century

Ethiopian

19th century

Pendant Icon: St. George, Virgin and Child Enthroned
Ethiopian
18th century

Coin of Ǝllä Gäbäz (AV.1 Type)
Ethiopian (Aksum, Ethiopia)
550s–60s

Diptych with Saint George and the Virgin and Child
Ethiopian (Ethiopia)
late 15th–early 16th century

Yäʿğğ mäsqäl (hand cross)
Northern Highlands artist
18th century