Obj. ID: 6594
Sacred and Ritual Objects  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 in both sides with four rectangulars, bearing lozanges and seperated by vertical strips. The forearm has an undulating edges and divided into four units.each part is decorated difrently. The upper sides consist of : A cup shaped unit bears a foliet pattern. Tables of the covenant with Aleph-Bait letters for the ten comendments.An almond shaphe tapers towerds the pointer bears foliet scrolls. The forearm terminates with a cuff decorated with a brunch pattern. The back side is decorated with : The cup shaped unit decorated with net pattern followed by ark shape and bears a leaf. The almond shape has an inscription which reads in five lines, squer 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 crooked index finger.