- Object Name:
- Mezuzah Case
- Artist/Maker:
- Aimee Golant
- Bio:
- American, b. 1973
- Place Made:
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Date:
- 1995
- Medium:
- Silver: hand-worked
- Dimensions:
- 8 1/2 × 3 in. (21.6 × 7.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Contemporary Judaica Acquisition Committee Fund
- Accession Number:
- 2001-79a-b
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Golant explains that her mezuzot which depict a "pregnant silhouette" and a flower-figure are representative of the joy in rebirth. Golant, the grandchild of Holocaust survivors, places great emphasis on concepts of survival and rebirth.
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