Grogger (noise maker), 20th century
Copper alloyexpand_more
Gift of Harold and Mickey Smithexpand_more 98.136.16
On View in Gallery 362expand_more
The Hebrew inscription on the top of this grogger translates, "Cursed be Haman, cursed be all the evil people." Here Haman is depicted as a Cossack, a group that carried out brutal pogroms against the Jews in Russia.
Details
- Title
- Grogger (noise maker)
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 98.136.16
- Provenance
- (Moriah Gallery, New York); Collection of Harold & Mickey Smith purchased 1978; Gift to the MIA in 1998
- Curator Approved
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