Torah shield

Floor 2 Floor 2
"Poles, Lithuanians, Ottomans (16th -18th Century CE)" (2.4) "Poles, Lithuanians, Ottomans (16th -18th Century CE)" (2.4)
Exhibit 2.4.19 Exhibit 2.4.19

The Ottoman Empire, 19th century
Hammered silver sheet, silver chimes, silver chain, engraved silver sheet
Courtesy of the Gat Family Collection, Savyon Ganei Yehuda

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מוזיאון ישראל -טס לתורה

Themes and Connections:

19th century, artifacts, circle of life, holidays, material culture, object, Ottoman Empire, ritual, sacred, secondary use, Torah, Torah Shield

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