A Sign upon your Hand arm bracelet

Tamar Paley (Israeli, born in 1991)

2018

Medium/TechniqueSilver, acrylic string, digitally printed parchment

Credit LineJestkalina H. Phillips Fund

Accession number2018.2186

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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment

Collections

Judaica

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.