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Actions Displays	Wooden mezzuzah with scroll Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2008/066 TitleWooden mezzuzah with scroll Creatorunknown DescriptionWooden Mezzuzah with hand-written scroll (klaf) inside. It is cylindrical in shape and has remnants of red paint on the outside. There are two grooves around the top and bottom ends with a small hole drilled straight through the wood at each groove. It was found on the wharf in Amsterdam in 1943 by a non-Jewish man who cleaned and polished it and kept it safe until donating it to the Museum in 2008. Production placeNetherlands Production date circa 1920 SubjectMezzuzah, Judaica Object nameMezzuzah Materialwood, paper Dimensions case length: 85.00 mm diameter: 10.00 mm scroll height: 55.00 mm width: 60.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Cornelius DeRidder

Object numberM2008/066

TitleWooden mezzuzah with scroll

DescriptionWooden Mezzuzah with hand-written scroll (klaf) inside. It is cylindrical in shape and has remnants of red paint on the outside. There are two grooves around the top and bottom ends with a small hole drilled straight through the wood at each groove. It was found on the wharf in Amsterdam in 1943 by a non-Jewish man who cleaned and polished it and kept it safe until donating it to the Museum in 2008.

Production placeNetherlands

Production date circa 1920

SubjectMezzuzah, Judaica

Object nameMezzuzah

Materialwood, paper

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Cornelius DeRidder

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