DepartmentMiddle East
Megillah ("Book or Scroll of Esther")
NameScroll
CultureJewish
Dateca. 1935
Place madeJerusalem, Israel, Middle East, Asia
MediumVellum, parchment, ink, gouache, shell gold and silver, gold or gold gilding, garnet, carnelian, silver, steel
DimensionsScroll and handle (a): 4 1/8 × 13/16 × 13/16 in. (10.5 × 2 × 2 cm)
Clasp (b): 1/2 × 9/16 × 13/16 in. (1.3 × 1.5 × 2 cm)
Case (c): 1 1/4 × 1 1/16 × 2 9/16 in. (3.1 × 2.75 × 6.5 cm)
Clasp (b): 1/2 × 9/16 × 13/16 in. (1.3 × 1.5 × 2 cm)
Case (c): 1 1/4 × 1 1/16 × 2 9/16 in. (3.1 × 2.75 × 6.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2013.24.1a-c
Object numberFA.2013.24.1a-c
DescriptionVellum and parchment illuminated scroll (a) affixed to a small silver colored "handle" with carnelian and garnet ends, and bound with a gold or gold gilt clasp (b), the whole within a silver case, deeply tooled with an overall scrolling floral motif (c). Unrolled, the scroll (a) contains eleven sections of Hebrew calligraphy divided by hand painted "arches" with miniature images illustrating the story of Purim within the columns and throughout the text. 
Torah scroll: Circa 1875; Tik (Case): 1933 (Hebrew Year 5693)
1877
Lawrence Baca
Artist Not Recorded
Late 19th – early 20th century
19th century
1990s