Abstract
seum in 1970 by Gladys C. Lawther is perhaps the richest in America.: It contains over three hundred examples, fifty of which are on permanent display. 1 The metal cross produced by lost-wax casting is a significant traditional art form in Christian Ethiopia, and its infinite variety and distinct decorative character are particular to Abyssinia.2 Little interpretative material has been written about these objects or about the origin of their unusual technical and formal features.3 The art historian faces
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