# Yäʿğğ mäsqäl (hand cross)

- By: Northern Highlands artist
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Purchase, Mariana and Ray Herrmann and The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts Gifts, 2016
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/701288)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/DP-30698-001.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)