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

Northern Highlands artist

18th century

Medium
Wood, metal
Classification
Wood-Sculpture
Dimensions
H. 20 7/8 × W. 8 1/16 × D. 1/2 in. (53 × 20.5 × 1.3 cm)
Culture
Tigray region
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Credit line
Purchase, Mariana and Ray Herrmann and The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts Gifts, 2016
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art