
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Processional cross
EthiopiaLinkedCulture matchlcp-2965afef1f70
- Date
- late 15th century
- Medium
- Brass
- Department
- Arts of Global Africa
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 108765
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Ethiopia was the first African nation to adopt Christianity, more than 1600 years ago. By the 1400s, Christian art in Ethiopia was flourishing, combining Christian imagery with an expressive use of pattern and form. Nowhere else, for instance, are there so many types of Christian crosses.
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- Credit line
- The Robert J. Ulrich Works of Art Purchase Fund
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