The gold crown of Magdala: among the most spectacular items looted by the British from the fortress of Magdala in Ethiopia in 1868 after the suicide of King Theodore are a crown and chalice of solid gold. Now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, their origin, date and purpose have always been a mystery, which is elucidated here.

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The most remarkable objects acquired as a result of the British Abyssinian Expedition' of 1868 are a crown and a chalice of solid gold, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Figs. 1 and 10). (1) Curiously, even though their ownership has been a subject of debate since then, these objects have never been studied from the perspective of the history of Ethiopian art. This is particularly true of the crown, which has been described as being that of the Abouna, or head of the Orthodox Ethiopian church, or of King Theodore. In fact it is neither, but before placing the crown in its ...

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