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Wooden bucket owned by a Romanian family that sheltered their Jewish neighbors

Object | Accession Number: 2017.648.1

Wooden bucket used by the Strashnaya family in Beleavinți, Romania (today Moldova). Maria Strashnaya, along with her son Ivan and daughter-in-law Ksenia were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations for sheltering their Jewish neighbors, the Gurvits family.

Date
1941  (use)
Geography
use : Moldova
Classification
Containers
Category
Wood Containers
Object Type
Buckets (vessels) (aat)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Vasilii Edeniuc
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About This Object

Physical Description
Worn, cylindrical, faded brown, wooden bucket made from a single, hollowed out section of log with a smooth surface ringed by two flat, narrow, corroded metal hoops. A single, tapered, rounded handle has been carved out and extends vertically from the rounded rim. An inset, circular base is firmly held in place by a ring of corroded metal nails. Two vertical cracks extend along the full height of the bucket, creating two large, curved sections held together by the hoops, which are no longer fixed in place. The exterior has several residual bands of rust, likely where the hoops previously rested, many small surface holes, and several protruding nails along the bottom, sides, and rim. On one side, at the base of the vertical crack, there is a large triangular hole with worn and ragged edges where the wood has rotted away. There is an additional missing section at the top of the crack, and there are several smaller cracks in the upper portion of bucket. It is dirty and stained throughout.
Dimensions
overall : 18.250 x 11.875 x 12.250 in. (46.355 x 30.163 x 31.115 cm.)
Materials
overall : wood, metal

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The bucket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Vasilii Edeniuc, son of Maria Strashnaya and grandson of Ivan Strashnyi and Ksenia Strashnaya.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2019-02-11 07:01:21
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