- Object Name:
- Hanging Lamp
- Place Made:
- Probably Tunisia
- Date:
- 1929 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silver: pierced and cast; glass
- Dimensions:
- 20 1/2 × 6 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (52.1 × 17.6 × 17.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: The Jewish Museum Volunteer Association Gift in memory of Elizabeth Cats and Anna Ternbach
- Accession Number:
- 1999-108a-b
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For one year after a person’s death, it was customary for Jews of North Africa to light a memorial lamp that was inscribed with the deceased’s name on the Sabbath and for festivals at home. The lamp is inscribed in Hebrew in memory of Shimon Parinti.
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