An 18th century Ethiopian crown will return to Addis Ababa after more than two decades hidden away in a Dutch apartment.
An 18th century Ethiopian crown will return to Addis Ababa after more than two decades abroad, hidden away in a Dutch apartment.
Afsaw, who fled the East African country in 1978 during its repressive Communist regime, discovered the crown in 1998 after an Ethiopian guest left a suitcase behind in his apartment. The gilded copper crown features depictions of the Holy Trinity and Christ’s disciples. Jacopo Gnisci, an Oxford University researcher, told AFP the piece was likely gifted to an Ethiopian church in the northern region of the country by a warlord named Welde Sellase. While an inscription on the crown says 1633-34, Gnisci said it is more probable it was created a hundred years later. He told AFP, the crown is"of priceless symbolic value.
Guarding it in his home, Afsaw told the BBC,"you end up in such a suffocating situation, not knowing who to tell or what to do or to hand over."With the election of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in 2018 and Brand's influence, Afsaw felt enough had changed in his home country that the piece could safely return home.
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