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Wooden mezzuzah with scroll
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2008/066
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Wooden mezzuzah with scroll
[nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO]unknown
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Wooden 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.
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Netherlands
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] circa 1920
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]Mezzuzah
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- case length: 85.00 mm
diameter: 10.00 mm
scroll height: 55.00 mm
width: 60.00 mm
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Cornelius DeRidder