Obj. ID: 17188
Sacred and Ritual Objects Parokhet, Cochin, 20th century
The rectangular parokhet consists of a main cloth surrounded by a frame.
The vertical main cloth is red. It is comprises of two horizontal rectangles and a strip at the bottom, bearing rows of gold flowers.
Four flanking strips, two on each side and a lower and an upper strip frame the main cloth. The ochre inner flanking strips are totally frayed and the red outer strips are decorated with rows of gold medallions, encircling flowers.
The lower and upper strips alternate horizontal rows of gold scrolls and paisley (botte).
On the upper border there are five loops for hanging the parokhet.
Summary and Remarks
For similar structure of parokhot see: Sc_266/28, 29, 30.
Remarks
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Name/Title
Parokhet | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
19??
Synagogue active dates
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Artist/ Maker
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Origin
Historical Origin
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Community type
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Site
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Period Detail
Documentation / Research project
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Iconographical Subject
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Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
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Shape / Form
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Material / Technique
Cloth: industrial brocade, cotton, and silk threads
Lining: linen tabby
Lining: linen tabby
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height: 210 cm
Width: 160 cm
Width: 160 cm
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
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
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Most Cochinian parokhot contain a central rectangular main cloth surrounded by a frame. Usually, the wedding skirt of a bride (longi) was used for the central cloth. The parokhot were also used for covering coffins. Often they were dedicated as parokhot for a synagogue after they were used as coffin covers, and sometimes they were taken from the synagogue for this purpose and were returned to functioning as Torah Ark curtains.
Each synagogue kept a wide range of colours of the parokhot. Their colours and embroidery were suited for a particular holiday or event according to the system of colours, which also dominated in local costume.
Each synagogue kept a wide range of colours of the parokhot. Their colours and embroidery were suited for a particular holiday or event according to the system of colours, which also dominated in local costume.
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
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources
Slepak, Orpa. The Jews of the India (Exh.Cat.),Jerusalem:IsraelMuseum 1995, p. 54 and pp. 127-131.
Type
Documenter
Ariella Amar | 05.03.1995
Author of description
Ilona Steimann | 28.08.2002
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
Ariella Amar |
Language Editor
Judith Cardozo |
Donor
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Object Copyright
Sc_266
Negative/Photo. No.
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