This is a beautiful hand carved Ethiopian orthodox Christian prayer icon.
The richly coloured biblical paintings of Ethiopian icons primarily illustrate scenes from the Old Testament. Over the course of the last hundreds of years, Ethiopian artists have produced a vast quantity of unique and creative icons, illuminated manuscripts and wall paintings in churches. The purpose of Ethiopian religious art is to describe in colour, the message of the gospels.
Measures approximately 19 inches long and 7.5 inches wide (18 x10)cm
