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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	Sefer Torah Cover Remove from selection Add to selection Número del objetoM2008/019 TítuloSefer Torah Cover DescripciónCream-coloured, velvet Sefer Torah mantle (cover) with gold fringe and ornate embroidery. The embroidery includes fabric decoration and coloured-metal studs and depicts two lions, a crown, the 10 Commandments, and a vase of flowers. An inscription reads, "Presented by Mr & Mrs Ross in Memory of their Daughter". There are also words in Hebrew. This Sefer Torah cover was donated to the Witbank Synagogue (Witbank, South Africa) in memory of the Ross' daughter who died, age 12, in the polio epidemic of c. 1945. The cover was returned to the family after the synagogue closed in 2007. Lugar de producciónWitbank, South Africa Fecha after 1945 TemaJudaica, South African Jewish History, decorative art, poliomyelitis, memorials Nombre del objetomantles Materialsilk, metal Dimensiones length: 725.00 mm width: 415.00 mm depth: 185.00 mm

Número del objetoM2008/019

TítuloSefer Torah Cover

DescripciónCream-coloured, velvet Sefer Torah mantle (cover) with gold fringe and ornate embroidery. The embroidery includes fabric decoration and coloured-metal studs and depicts two lions, a crown, the 10 Commandments, and a vase of flowers. An inscription reads, "Presented by Mr & Mrs Ross in Memory of their Daughter". There are also words in Hebrew. This Sefer Torah cover was donated to the Witbank Synagogue (Witbank, South Africa) in memory of the Ross' daughter who died, age 12, in the polio epidemic of c. 1945. The cover was returned to the family after the synagogue closed in 2007.

Lugar de producciónWitbank, South Africa

Fecha after 1945

TemaJudaica, South African Jewish History, decorative art, poliomyelitis, memorials

Nombre del objetomantles

Materialsilk, metal

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