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Vintage Yellow Bronze Miniature African Cross
SKU: 3c3-28-YB
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The Vintage Yellow Bronze Miniature African Cross is small enough to disappear under a collar. The arms flare from a narrow waist into broad, gently splayed ends, closer to a cross pattée than to the Latin form, with a raised triangular collar on the upper arm. The surface keeps the soft, slightly irregular modeling of the original wax, which is what gives a piece this small its weight in the hand.
Crosses of this flared type are worn across Christian Africa, where the form has been carried in metal for many centuries and where the cross has never needed a figure on it to say what it means. The smallness here is part of the point. This is a cross for every day, worn close to the skin rather than out over clothing, and nothing has been added to the shape beyond what the four arms themselves do. It is the kind of piece that becomes a habit rather than an occasion.
The cross was faithfully reproduced from an antique African original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
Product Details
The Vintage Yellow Bronze Miniature African Cross is small enough to disappear under a collar. The arms flare from a narrow waist into broad, gently splayed ends, closer to a cross pattée than to the Latin form, with a raised triangular collar on the upper arm. The surface keeps the soft, slightly irregular modeling of the original wax, which is what gives a piece this small its weight in the hand.
Crosses of this flared type are worn across Christian Africa, where the form has been carried in metal for many centuries and where the cross has never needed a figure on it to say what it means. The smallness here is part of the point. This is a cross for every day, worn close to the skin rather than out over clothing, and nothing has been added to the shape beyond what the four arms themselves do. It is the kind of piece that becomes a habit rather than an occasion.
The cross was faithfully reproduced from an antique African original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
