Antiek meskel priester handkruis uit Ethiopië incense burner Bought in India around 1980

Bought in India around 1980

The Fang people represent the majority of Equatorial Guinea's population

a population group that mainly lives in West Africa

' It is in fact an iconographic representation of India's rich and diverse cultural heritage and was developed in southern India by artists of the 9th and 10th centuries during the Chola period (880-1279 CE) in a series of beautiful bronze sculptures

The roll has a beautiful reddish deep color

Antiek meskel priester handkruis uit Ethiopië incense burner Bought in India around 1980Age: early 19th century. Length: 25cm. Coptic priests carry hand crosses, wrapped in cloth, to bless the faithful. Therefore, hand crosses must be easy to wear. Every Ethiopian priest has a hand cross (Meskel in Amharic) with which he blesses the faithful. The cross is handmade using the lost wax method and is a unique piece.