Tallit received by a Jewish man in the American zone in postwar Munich

Object | Accession Number: 1990.142.1

Date: received: 1946 July
received: 1946
Geography: received: Munich (Germany)
Classification: Jewish Art and Symbolism
Category: Jewish ceremonial objects
Object Type: Tallitot (Jewish liturgical objects) (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Max Haber

Physical Description: Large, rectangular, white cloth shawl with matching sets of vertical black and white woven stripes of varying width repeated on each short end; the ends are finished with short white knotted fringe. Tzitzit, white twined and knotted tassels, are inserted near each corner which has been reinforced with a square patch of cloth on the reverse.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The tallit was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Max Haber.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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