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Prayer shawl bag
Montreal Holocaust Museum · small copy hosted here (www.cjhn.ca blocks its images elsewhere)

Prayer shawl bag

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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
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Scope & content
Pink surface with an embroidered filigree pattern done with thread and metal wiring. Top band is green. A snap clip has been sewn inside, 1 part on each panel, to keep the bag closed. Some hand stitching done along the seams. A bundle of white knotted thread (tzitzit) was found inside the bag. Narrative: All objects belonged to Leon Moshe Profeta, donor's maternal grandfather. He was born in Istanbul and emigrated to Romania. He died before the war.
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Prayer shawl bag : woven, sewn, machine, hand, embroidered, metal work : green, pink, black, silver, white
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