Prayer shawl from Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation
date: label: Date
content: 2010
name: label: Created by
content: Carolyn McCollough, American
notes: label: Description
content: A black prayer shawl (tallit gadol) with a repeating pattern of nine, embroidered, seven-branched menorahs lined across each end. Strips of white grosgrain ribbon have been appliquéd above and below the Menorah bands. Strips of black silk braid have been sewn across the middle of the lower ribbons. A neckband made from a narrow band of black fabric (atarah or "crown") sewn on the top center edge of the shawl has been embroidered in silver thread with the Hebrew tallit blessing and is surrounded on either side by a seven-branched menorah. Each corner of the tallit has been reinforced with a black square of fabric sewn on the verso of the tallit and threaded through with a long, white, silk tassel (tzitziot). The shawl edges have been trimmed in black ribbon. The tallit bag is black with the name of the owner in Hebrew [Rabbi Shmuel Y'funnye] embroidered in silver thread on the front of the bag. Next to his name is a seven-branched menorah also embroidered in silver thread. The bag has a black zipper closure on the top of the bag.
place: label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Hebraic religions
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Judaism
label: Topic
content: Prayer
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Worship services
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Gift of Rabbi Capers Funnye and the Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.88.4ab
objectType: label: Type
content: tallitim
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cloth, dye, metal, thread braid, and metal thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (shawl without tassels): 28 3/4 × 74 × 1/16 in. (73 × 188 × 0.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (shawl with tassels): 28 3/4 × 134 × 1/4 in. (73 × 340.4 × 0.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (HxW bag): 14 3/4 × 16 15/16 × 1/8 in. (37.5 × 43 × 0.3 cm)