- Object Name:
- Ritual Handwashing Towel
- Place Made:
- Germany
- Date:
- 1842/43 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Linen: embroidered with silk and cotton thread
- Dimensions:
- 27 × 61 in. (68.6 × 154.9 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Judaica Acquisitions Fund
- Accession Number:
- 1984-54
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The inscription on this cloth indicates it was used for the ritual washing of hands, probably during the Passover seder.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.