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Ethiopian Silver cross old (Shoa)

Posted by Eva Baby on January 18, 2014 at 11:29am
Just one Picture of a newly acquired Ethiopian silver cross, small (3,5 cm), silver, old and worn, (I bought it because I liked the two holes on the top...), have no idea what the circle means, the backside is plain.
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  • Chantal January 18, 2014 at 11:36am

    Lovely presentation as usual..the eye of the artist!

  • Eva Baby January 18, 2014 at 11:56am

    @Thank you Chantal, at first I did not want to show it here, as it is a simple cross but then, I changed my mind and decided to load one Picture of it.

  • Chantal January 18, 2014 at 12:55pm

    Glad you did, its a beautiful image.

  • Betty January 18, 2014 at 2:38pm

    Very beautiful and nicely worn, Eva. I like it a lot, your cross in the green :-)

  • Eva Baby January 18, 2014 at 4:12pm

    @Thank you both, Chantal and Betty! Very Kind. I like it for it s being used and worn, and the Little holes on top... (no idea what they mean).

  • ingrid Langerak January 19, 2014 at 8:14pm

    Eva, this is a lovely warm Shoa (Solomonic)cross.  I do not quite know the meaning of the circle, but they do edge them in in smaller form or flattened granulate.Especailly on Dessie crosses.  I do think though, that it is supposed to be the protective eye symbol.

  • Eva Baby January 19, 2014 at 8:25pm

    @Ingrid: thank you for the comment, nice to know! Protective eye is good! Thanks for the Information! Always appreciated!

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