Silver Cross
Unidentified Eritrean maker
1964-1965
Silver
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Joel Whiting
165.33.15646
Geography
Place Made: Asmara, Eritrea, Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Religious Object
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
History 5.08, African and African American Studies 19.01, Africa and the World, Robby Zeinstra, Fall 2023
History 5.08, African and African American Studies 19.01, Africa and the World, Robby Zeinstra, Fall 2023
Provenance
Collected by Joel Whiting, Asmara, Eritrea (formerly Ethiopia), early 1960's; given to present collection, 1965.
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