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18th century
- Medium
- Wood, paint, ink
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 9.9 × 20.8 × 1.6 cm (3 7/8 × 8 3/16 × 5/8 in.) (open)
- Culture
- Ethiopia
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art
- Credit line
- Gift in memory of Nancy E. MacDonald
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Wood double sided pendant icon. Side A : Virgin Mary and Christ child, flanked by archangels with door panel of St. George and dragon. Side B: Crucifixion with Mary and St. John and door panel of Christ's ascent from purgatory with Adam and Eve.
