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Gibraltar Ketubah
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An American eagle, stars and stripes, and the United States motto E pluribus unum adorn the top of this ketubah (marriage contract) from Gibraltar, between Shlomo ben Ya‘akov ben Otvoyl (spelling of…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Gibraltar, United Kingdom (Gibraltar, Gibraltar)

Date:

1886

Subjects:

Marriage, Jewish identity, Nationalism, Crafts

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Paper with central Aramaic text surrounded by drawn scroll, eagle holding shield with American flag, two cherubs holding a sign with English words on it, and flowers on columns below text.
Tefillin Bag of Leib Millman
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This velvet tefillin bag is embroidered on one side with images of flowers; the reverse side contains the date and the imperial double-headed eagle, a symbol of both the Austro-Hungarian and the…

Contributor:

Rachel Millman

Places:

Bessarabia, Russian Empire (Bessarabia, Moldova)

Date:

1907

Subjects:

Crafts, Nationalism, Jewish identity, Diaspora

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Dress & Adornment, Decorative Arts
Velvet tefillin bag with embroidered date and a double-headed eagle.