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Object Number
95-20-10/49351
Display Title
Tefillin (Phylactery)
Descriptions
Object Description
Jewish frontlet. Box containing leather frontlet containing three scrolls (torah portions): Exod. 13, 11-16; Deut. 6, 4-9; Deut. 11, 13-21.
Inventory Description
Talisman, from tefillin, hide cylinder with rolled scrolls of text, in shaker bo
Classification
- Container
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Berkshire County
/
Pittsfield
/
Mr. Joseph Merrick's yard
Materials
Leather Wood Paper Ink Parchment
Dimensions
Overall: 2.5 x 6.2 cm (1 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
49351; A Jewish Frontlet, / found in a farmer's / yard in Pittsfield May 1815. /
Credit Line
Gift of the American Antiquarian Society, 1895
Provenance
Collector
Joseph Merrick, Esq.
(1814-1815)
Intermediary
Sylvester Larned
(1815)
Intermediary
Reverend William Allen
(ca. 1815 - 1816)
Donor
Donated by
American Antiquarian Society
(1816-1895)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95-20-10/49352 | Parchment from a Tefillin (Phylactery) |
Parchment
|
Yard of Mr. Joseph Merrick
| |
| 96-34-00/89899 | Phylactery |
Accessory
| ||
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Special
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| |
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Carving
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| |
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|
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| |
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Ornament
|
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| |
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Land - accessory
|
Asia
| |
| 18-25-70/D964 | Frontlet |
Necklace
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
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Coat
|
Canada
| |
| 69-30-10/1676 | Frontlet |
Carving
|
Alaska
| |
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North America
|