Hand cross (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
The rectangular form at the base of the handle represents a tabot, a replica of the holy tablet of the commandments with which a church is consecrated and which is kept in the inner sanctuary of an Ethiopian Church. On this example, the tabot bears inscriptions that have not yet been deciphered.
Inscription in Ge'ez script on tablet at bottom
Gift of the Reverend Dr. Vienna Cobb Anderson
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