Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Tallit, or prayer shawl
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Brent Sverdloff
Physical Details
- Classification
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Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Jewish ceremonial objects
- Object Type
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Tallitot (Jewish liturgical objects) (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Prayer shawl (tallit)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 79.000 inches (200.66 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, thread, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, there are no known copyright restrictions on the material(s) in this collection, or the material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The tallit was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Brent Sverdloff.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 13:11:20
- This page:
- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn737764
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Also in Sverdloff family collection
The collection consists of documents, photo albums, a baby book, and a tallit.
Sverdloff family papers
Document
Consists of documents, correspondence, photo albums, loose photos, photo holder with photos, a baby album, and a family genealogy book.
Tallit box
Object
Cardboard box in which the tallit was kept for some time, including upon its arrival to the museum.
