Name/Title
Amulet to protect the newborn at circumcisionEntry/Object ID
K_0667Tags
storageDescription
This amulet belongs to a set of three amulets that were hung on the wall above a "Chair of Elijah" (a special chair designated for circumcision ceremonies), at the time of a child's circumcision. Illustrations of a set table, a Chair of Elijah, and a circumcisionist (?), in addition to two fish, a menorah, and the names of four archangels - Auriel, Raphael, Gabriel, and Michael - all appear as if enclosed within a triple-arched gateway. The gateway is framed by the words of one of the "Songs of Ascent" frim the Biblical Book of Psalms (128), inscribed on the axes of a vegetal border. Rabbi Abraham Boukabza was a bookseller in Algiers.Made/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Probably AlgeriaCountry
AlgeriaRegion
North AfricaContinent
AfricaNotes
Date made: ealy 20th century