Ethiopian Hand Cross Warsaw
Poland, 196627 x 19 in (69 x 48 cm)
ID #FF20D-PK18-CB04
National Museum in Warsaw; State Ethnological Museum in Warsaw. Masqal Cross of Ethiopia. Exhibition of the collections of Waclaw Korabiewicz.
The masqal is an Ethopian hand cross often carved from olive, ebony or acacia wood. Its style is complex and varied, and latticework stands for everlasting life.
Photograph: Jan Heydrich (1966).
Condition: Good.
