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CultureOttoman Empire, Banja Luka (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Titles
  • Torah Ark Curtain
Date1850
MediumCotton, linen, metallic thread
Dimensions77 3/4 × 55 1/4 in. (197.5 × 140.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2023.613
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
111 Herzstein Gallery
On view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Hebrew inscription embroidered in mettallic thread, upper center: dedicated by the burial society in 1850.
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Image provided by auction house.
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1752
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Image provided by auction house.
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1979
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