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Item ID | 1834 | |||
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Accession Number | 76.283 |  |
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Category | Jewish Life -- Synagogue and Communal Life | |
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Item Type | Torah Crown | |
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Title | Torah Crown | |
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Creation Place | North Africa | |
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Date Created | 1901 - 1976 | |
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Physical Description | Circular, domed silver plated metal structure; four heart-shaped metal panels with jewels attached to lower band; crimped metal strips bisecting the four central metal bands from upper ring to top; smaller right with pointed and curled metal fringe. Attached to this are eight small bells and one large bell; topped with six-pointed star. Engraved in Hebrew script. | |
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Description | Torah crown topped by a six-pointed star containing the Hebrew word, ציון (Zion). Three of the lateral heart-shaped panels are inscribed in memory of deceased people: ל"ז זאב בר׳ מאיר אריה וזו׳ חיי׳ בר׳ יוסף אשכנז (Zeev son of Meyr Ariyeh and his spouse Chayy[...] daughter of Yosef Ashkenaz); לזכ׳ אברהם בר׳ זאב וזו׳ אסתר בר׳ צבי אשכנז (Avraham son of Zeev and his spouse Esther daughter of Tzvi Ashkenaz); and לז׳כ שלמה בר׳ יהודא קינסטלער ובנו יהודא (Shlomoh son of Yehuda Kunstler and his son Yehuda). | |
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Medium | silver plating on metal, plastic jewels | |
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Link to this Item | http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=1834 | |
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Link to Flickr.com | http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnesmuseum/4708937625/ | |||
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