- Object Name:
- Torah Mantle
- Place Made:
- Morocco
- Date:
- 1900-20
- Medium:
- Silk velvet: embroidered with metallic thread; metallic fringe; cotton
- Dimensions:
- 31 × 11 in. (78.7 × 27.9 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Sanford C. Bernstein Foundation Fund
- Accession Number:
- 1998-47
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The Hebrew inscription reads: "Splendid cover for the repose of the consecrated (?) officer and overseeer Mas'ud A'krish, may he rest in Eden, son of Joseph, may he rest in Eden. May his soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life."
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