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Yemeni Marriage Necklace
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This is an example of the sort of necklaces worn by Jewish girls and women in Sana‘ (Yemen) on festive occasions, to display their dowries and represent the wealth of their families. Its two…

Places:

Sana'a, Yemen (Sanaa, Yemen)

Date:

Early 20th Century

Subjects:

Ritual object, Jewelry, Jewish identity, Marriage, Holidays

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects
Necklace with triangular settings on either side, with strings of beads running between them.
Yemeni Marriage Necklace
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Jewish brides in Sana‘ (Yemen) traditionally wore a large necklace composed of dugag, large silver filigree beads, as part of their wedding ensemble. The dugag are hollow spheres that ring against…

Places:

Sana'a, Yemen (Sanaa, Yemen)

Date:

Late 19th–Early 20th Century

Subjects:

Ritual object, Jewelry, Jewish identity, Marriage, Holidays

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects
Necklace with five large beads on chain.
Seven-Branched Candelabrum
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Menorahs with seven arms are traditionally displayed in synagogues as a reminder of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. This brass menorah by Gyula Pap also has seven arms but is strikingly different in…

Contributor:

Gyula Pap

Places:

Weimar, Weimar Republic (Weimar, Germany)

Date:

1922

Subjects:

Holidays, Ritual object, Jewish identity, Bauhaus

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Dress & Adornment, Ritual Objects
Seven-branched candelabrum.