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19th c. Ethiopian Double Diptych (Central Panel). Slate set into wood frame. Contains the Crucifixion with Mary and St. John on one side, and Madonna and Child with Angels on the reverse. This miniature stone relief, with scenes of the Mother and Child and the Crucifixion, is the center section of a pendant double diptych–a type of multi-paneled icon distinctive to Ethiopia. Two additional panels (now missing) were once attached to the pendant by string looped through small holes drilled on both sides of the frame. These panels could be closed or opened to make a diptych on each side. The outer side of the wing panels might have featured geometric ornament; the inner side would have shown religious imagery, such as the Annunciation, St. George, or an Archangel.