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A Sign upon your Hand arm bracelet

(Israeli, born in 1991)
2018
Medium/TechniqueSilver, acrylic string, digitally printed parchment
Credit LineJestkalina H. Phillips Fund
Accession number2018.2186
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
InscriptionsThe text written in the parchment scroll refers to the commandment to wear Tefillin (phylacteries) from biblical verses (Deteuronomy, 6:8): “And you shall bind them as a sign upon your arm". These verses are repeated daily in the Shema` morning and evening prayer.
Provenance2018, sold by the artist to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 26, 2018)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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