The traditional Jewish marriage contract, or ketubbah, is designed to protect the wife financially in the event of divorce or her husband’s death. Ruby amanze’s drawing retains elements of these documents, such as the decorative border and illustrations that refer to marriage, but expands on them. Her focus is on the diversity of peoples within Judaism, represented by an ambiguous central couple with not-quite-human skin color and pattern, and an elaborate hairstyle based on that worn by Igbo women in Nigeria. It is an Igbo tradition to claim descent from one of the ten lost tribes of Israel. Imagery that the artist uses repeatedly in her work appears as well: bird constellations, signifying connectivity, and houseplants as symbols of domestic permanence and home. Her original text in Hebrew and English constructs “a narrative of freedom within union and magic in intimacy.”