This is a beautiful hand carved old Ethiopian orthodox Christian wood Prayer icon.
The richly colored 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 color, the message of the gospels.
Measures approximately 5 inches long and 4 inches wide
