Tefillin (prayer container) box (one of a pair), late 19th century
Unknown artist, Austriaexpand_more
Silverexpand_more
Gift of Harold and Mickey Smithexpand_more 2001.177.1.1
On View in Gallery 362expand_more
These intricately filigreed silver boxes were made to cover leather Tefillin boxes containing passages from the Torah. Deuteronomy 6:8 instructs, "And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes." Traditional Jewish men attach the Tefillin to the head and arm with leather straps during morning prayers.
Details
- Title
- Tefillin (prayer container) box (one of a pair)
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2001.177.1.1
- Provenance
- (Moriah Galleries, New York); Collection of Harold & Mickey Smith, St. Paul, Minnesota purchased 1976; Gift to the MIA in 2001.
- Curator Approved
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