Silver Gojjam(region) Coptic crosses,Ethiopia

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Silver Gojjam(region) Coptic crosses,Ethiopia

Posted by ingrid Langerak on September 10, 2014 at 4:45pm

Four small silver, antique, coptic crosses from the Gojjam Region. Collected in the 1960-70 rarely seen now-a-days. Lost wax-system.

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Toya September 11, 2014 at 3:50pm

Beautiful. It is so nice to see these lovely old ones.
ingrid Langerak September 11, 2014 at 5:43pm

Toya,I am happy you appreciate these lovely crosses. Makes a break of all the crosses shown so often. Thank you. Unfortunately my cameara technic doesn.t do much good to them. In reality they are lovely to see and touch. You know the edged in circles on the smaller

crosses do represent eyes to protect also against the evil eye. Their color is proper silver, I do not know why they turned out so yellow must be not taken on the right angle. Sorry. Gr. Ingrid
Lynn Ardent September 11, 2014 at 11:05pm
Ingrid, I color-corrected your photo below. Here is what you do if you would like to do the same on your own:
- Go to picmonkey.com
- Choose to open files from your PC
- Go into Colors
- Choose neutral picker and click on an area of the photo that should be white or grey
- It will auto-adjust and you can tweak the warmth manually too
ingrid Langerak September 11, 2014 at 11:42pm

That is magic Lynn, I am going to try that tomorrow, as it is her 1:00a.m. Looks to me clear instructions. I will keep you informed. Thank you Lynn.
Eva Baby September 12, 2014 at 10:12am

the corrected Picture by Lynn Looks really much nicer. One can of course do the same Thing with Photoshop program, if you have it ( in German: Farbstich entfernen). The crosses look marvellous, especially the second from right (at the bottom). Love These wonderful granulated decorations!
ingrid Langerak September 12, 2014 at 10:20am

Eva,Yes, it is a warm piece. Also pleasing to hear that you wear the cross you bought of me with pleasure. So good when rescued pieces do get a new life.
ingrid Langerak September 12, 2014 at 10:29am

Thanks for your tip Eva , together with Lynn's instructions I must be able to do it. Going to try it today.