Obj. ID: 6594
Sacred and Ritual Torah pointer, North Africa, 1st half of 20th c.
The silver Torah pointer is flat and consists of a hangar, a bar, and a pointer. The bar is divided into an upper arm and a forearm. The upper arm is straight and decorated on both sides with four rectangular, bearing lozanges and separated by vertical strips. The forearm has undulating edges and is divided into four units, each part is decorated differently.
The upper sides consist of a cup-shaped unit that bears a foliate pattern, tables of the covenant with Aleph-Bait letters for the Ten Commandments, an almond-shaped tapers towards the pointer bear foliate scrolls.
The forearm terminates with a cuff decorated with a brunch pattern. The back side is decorated with the cup-shaped unit decorated with a net pattern followed by an ark shape and bears a leaf. The almond shape has an inscription that reads in five lines, square outline letters. The inscription reads from the pointer towerds the hanger:
!ק! )קודש(/ לה'/למנו')למנוחת(/משה ארביב/נע')נוחו עדן(!.
!Dedicated to the Lord for the repose of Moshe Arbiv may he rest in Eden!.
The Torah pointer terminates with a clenched hand with a crooked index finger.
