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Img. ID: 1555

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 11.2.1992
The sculpture represents a portrait of a young Yemenite boy with long black curly sideburns and a hat that covers all his head except the ears. He has a brown face and big black eyes that are looking to the left. Around his neck is a chain with a pendant that says in Hebrew: "Shadi".
Name/Title
Portrait of Yemenite Boy | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1912-1930?
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Unknown |
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Unknown |
Site
Unknown
Period
Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Painted plaster
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
25 cm
Length
Width
16 cm
Depth
15 cm
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Yemenite models were very common because Bezalel artists considered them more authentic Jewish figures
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Raban Remembered - Jerusalem's Forgotten Master - Yeshiva University Museum, NY, 1982
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Original
Documenter
| N.S.D. 2.1992
Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
013057