Ethiopian Coptic Cross Amulet

Smooth, matte pendant whose arms swell like soft petals around a tiny pinch.

This coptic cross amulet is Ethiopian Orthodox, from Ethiopia, East Africa, and dates to the 19th or early 20th century. It is coin silver & fine silver. Silver crosses of this kind were often made by hand-working or casting metal, sometimes from melted coins, which gave smiths a familiar and portable source of silver. Broad arms fan outward from a narrow center, the lower arm widest at a flat base. The finish is even, pale and matte with a few small marks. A flat tab leads to a folded loop. It is 1.5 inches long and 2.5 high.

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