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Item ID | 1507 | |||
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Accession Number | 67.0.3 a-z |  |
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Category | Jewish Life -- Synagogue and Communal Life | |
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Item Type | Torah Ark | |
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Title | Torah ark from the Tekumbagum synagogue in Mattancherry, Kochi | |
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Creation Place | India, Kochi, Kerala | |
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Date Created | 17th Century | |
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Physical Description | Wooden structure made of multiple individual elements with elaborate carved and polychromed surfaces, predominantly red, green, and gold; four columns with shell capitals flank two tiers of double doors; triangular pediment with shell finial and draped central cartouche, inscribed in Hebrew characters. | |
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Description | Torah ark from the Tekumbagum Synagogue in Mattancherry (Kochi), dating from the 17th century. The painted surfaces were restored at a later time. The Hebrew inscription reads כתר תורה (keter torah; "Crown of the Torah"). The synagogue, which had last undergone renovations in 1647, was the only one of the eight synagogues in Kochi to have been physically demolished by the last members of its congregation upon their emigration to Israel (sometime after 1954). The ark was subsequently dismantled and stored at the Kadavumbagum Synagogue of Ernakulam. | |
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Medium | paint and gold leaf on wood, cartouche: tin and brass veneer | |
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Script | Hebrew | |
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Language | Hebrew | |
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Link to this Item | http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=1507 | |
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Link to Flickr.com | http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnesmuseum/4709561480/ |
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