Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Handmade work of wood links created by Moshe Matarasso while in a concentration camp
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Moshe Matarasso
- Contributor
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Artist:
Moshe Matarasso
Physical Details
- Classification
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Decorative Arts
- Category
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Woodwork
- Object Type
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Wooden novelties (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Wood link pieces (a-g); 7 pieces of wood that has been carved into elongated links, but which have broken apart.
- Dimensions
- a: Height: 0.100 inches (0.254 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.100 inches (0.254 cm)
b: Height: 0.300 inches (0.762 cm) | Width: 0.900 inches (2.286 cm) | Depth: 0.100 inches (0.254 cm)
c: Height: 0.400 inches (1.016 cm) | Width: 0.900 inches (2.286 cm) | Depth: 0.200 inches (0.508 cm)
d: Height: 0.200 inches (0.508 cm) | Width: 0.800 inches (2.032 cm) | Depth: 0.200 inches (0.508 cm)
e: Height: 0.200 inches (0.508 cm) | Width: 0.200 inches (0.508 cm) | Depth: 0.100 inches (0.254 cm)
f: Height: 0.200 inches (0.508 cm) | Width: 0.300 inches (0.762 cm) | Depth: 0.100 inches (0.254 cm)
g: Height: 0.100 inches (0.254 cm) | Width: 0.900 inches (2.286 cm) | Depth: 0.200 inches (0.508 cm) - Materials
- overall : wood
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camp inmates--Biography.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The carving was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Moshe Matarasso.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 20:13:59
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43989
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Also in Moshe Matarasso collection
The collection consists of three paintings, handcrafted woodlinks, a document, and photographs relating to the experiences of Moshe Matarasso during and after the Holocaust.
Date: approximately 1944-1946
Autobiographical painting created postwar by a former concentraton camp inmate
Object
Painting created post-war by Moshe Matarasso relating to his memories of the Holocaust.
Autobiographical painting created postwar by a former concentraton camp inmate
Object
Painting created post-war by Moshe Matarasso relating to his memories of the Holocaust.
Autobiographical painting created postwar by a former concentraton camp inmate
Object
Painting created post-war by Moshe Matarasso relating to his memories of the Holocaust.
Moshe Matarasso papers
Document
Collection of photos belonging to Jacques Matarassa (donor's uncle), and one identity card dated 1945.