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Gamelan orchestra. "Gendor", composed of eleven metal plates suspended over pipes or tubes, in front a large bird with extended wings and dragons on either side. From Java. Inv. 59-12-28-207
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Gamelan orchestra. "Gendor", composed of eleven metal plates suspended o...

Coiled serpent,Aztec sculpture.Feathered serpents are typical of Aztec cult and art. Stone, H:29,2 L:54 cm Depot du Musee de l'Homme Inv. M.H. 87.155.1
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Coiled serpent,Aztec sculpture.Feathered serpents are typical of Aztec cul...

Statue of the God Quetzalcoatl.His name signifies the "feathered serpent". The god's head emerges from the mouth of the serpent;his earrings with a hook show that he is the god of the winds.Stone,H: 44 cm Depot du Musee de l'Homme Inv.M.H. 78.1.59
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Statue of the God Quetzalcoatl.His name signifies the "feathered serpent"....

Chanukkah lamp (menorah) around 1700 - silver. Two-headed Austrian eagle (added after 1806), flanked by two rampant lions on flower and acanthus leaves. From Gdansk,Poland H: 22 cm Inv.477
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Chanukkah lamp (menorah) around 1700 - silver. Two-headed Austrian eagl...

Painted ceiling of the synagogue of Horb, transferred to the Israel Museum after WW II. The ceiling shows floral designs and animals; the vault has two lions sounding trumpets, and a vision of Jerusalem (left). 1735
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Painted ceiling of the synagogue of Horb, transferred to the Israel Museum aft...

A Ketubah from Singapore is decorated with heraldic lions and fish, a symbol of fertility. 1880 Parchment, 53 x 44,5 cm
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A Ketubah from Singapore is decorated with heraldic lions and fish, a symbol...

Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue to indicate the direction or orientation for prayer, i.e. facing east towards Jerusalem. From Poland. Symmetrical paper cutout with ink and tempera, 43 x 34 cm
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Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue to i...

Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue to indicate the direction or orientation for prayer, i.e. facing east towards Jerusalem. From Hurben, Germany, 1821. Symmetrical paper cutout over light blue background. 34 x 30,5 cm
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Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue t...

Sabbath cloth, a table cloth used during the Sabbath dinner, the festive meal after the synagogue service. Leviathan,a biblical beast,surrounds the central cave of Machpelah. Embroidered by Hannah Rivka Hermann of Jerusalem. Wool on cotton net, 81 x 78 cm
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Sabbath cloth, a table cloth used during the Sabbath dinner, the festive meal...

Decoration for a sukkah, a booth erected in the open air and covered with branches, to celebrate Sukkot, the Jewish seven-day Feast of Tabernacles. From the Ukraine, 1858. Symmetrical paper cutout, 41 x 33,5 cm
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Decoration for a sukkah, a booth erected in the open air and covered with bra...

Pillowcase for the Passover Seder, used by the reader of the Hagaddah to lean against. Lions rampant, the spies and the cluster of grapes, stags and a double- headed eagle. From Germany. Embroidered linen, 75 x 75 cm
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Pillowcase for the Passover Seder, used by the reader of the Hagaddah to lean...

Dragon from the top of a window frame. Carved and painted.
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Dragon from the top of a window frame. Carved and painted.