Prayer Shawl Bag, Tulle: embroidered with tinsel, late 19th or early 20th century
Object Name:
Prayer Shawl Bag
Place Made:
Persia (Iran)
Date:
late 19th or early 20th century
Medium:
Tulle: embroidered with tinsel
Dimensions:
11 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (29.8 × 28.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchase: Judaica Acquisitions Fund
Accession Number:
1987-149

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This delicately embroidered tallit bag, may have been a wedding gift for a man. The fragility of the materials suggests that it was to be used briefly, perhaps for the week following his wedding. The Hebrew inscription at the center of the Star of David reads “Zion,” while the letters within the points of the star (one of which is unclear) are probably the customary inscription “Shield of David.”

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