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Miniature Shrine
Miniature Shrine
Miniature Shrine
DepartmentAfrica

Miniature Shrine

NameShrine
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Datec. 1964
Place madeAksum, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, Africa
MediumStone
Dimensions6 5/16 × 2 7/8 × 2 9/16 in. (16 × 7.3 × 6.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.13.53
Object numberA.1981.13.53
Collections
DescriptionCarved, tied hinged doors. Green-gray stone. Crown above domed top. Four angels carved above doors on dome. Four rectangular sides with a round-topped door that opens to a hollow interior. Carvings on both sides of door and other sides.
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