Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The scarf belonged to Maergeler Rosenberg.
- Date
-
use:
approximately 1930-1939
- Geography
-
use:
Sinti camp;
Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Melanie Spitta
- Contributor
-
Subject:
Maergeler Rosenberg
Physical Details
- Classification
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Dress Accessories
- Category
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Neckwear
- Object Type
-
Scarves (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Brown with white dots.
- Materials
- overall : silk, dye
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The scarf was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Melanie Keck Spitta.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:57:09
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1130
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