4 Ethiopian Coptic Handmade Neck Crosses – Ethiopië (Zonder minimumprijs)

4 Ethiopian silver Coptic Handmade Neck Crosses.This are 4 handmade Ethiopian cross pendants made in Ethiopia. Collector's Coptic cross in Ethiopia is a display of good craftsmanship. In Ethiopia particularly among Orthodox Church followers, to wear a cross implied to be protected by the lord himself as well as to show that they are a devoted Christian.Neck or pictorial crosses are tied round their owner’s neck with a piece of blue thread or cord, which was sometimes given to the wearer at baptism.This particular cross pendant is old and has been used.The Christian faith was initially adopted in the fourth century AD by King Ezana, in the ancient Kingdom of Askum (located today in Eritrea and the Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia). From that time, the Ethiopian Christians have worn their neck crosses as a statement of their faith. The Ethiopian cross varies regionally in design and they are either cast using the lost wax method or cut directly from their base metal. The crosses have a rich and varied array of influences which Angela Fisher describes in her wonderful book Africa Adorned:“The oldest are simple Greek or Latin design. Those with flared arms show the influence of Coptic crosses... lees verder bij Catawiki