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Horn

Artist Unknown

Date1750–1751

MediumHorn: carved, pierced, engraved

DimensionsL. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)

ClassificationsBone and Ivory

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold J. Shertz

Object numberG.75.16.3

On View

On view

ProvenanceCreated Germany, 18th century. [Moriah Artcraft, Inc., New York]; sold to NCMA, 1975.Published ReferencesAbram Kanof, Ceremonial Art in the Judaic Tradition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1975), cat. no. 122.

Sepphoris in Galilee: Crosscurrents of Culture (exhibition catalogue), Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1996), cat. no. 28, illus. (b-w).

Abram Kanof, A Guide to the Judaic Art Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1996), cat. no. 35, pp. 19, 44-45, illus. (b-w) 44.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Ceremonial Art in the Judaic Tradition," April 27-June 15, 1975, cat. no. 122.

Winston-Salem, NC, Temple Emmanuel, special exhibition, May 15, 1976.

Martinsville, VA, Lynwood Community Arts Center, "Judaic Ceremonial Art," August 26-September 26, 1977.

Greensboro, NC, Weatherspoon Gallery of Art, "Thirty-eight Judaic Art Items," October 20-November 6, 1977.

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "Thirty-eight Judaic Art Items," December 13, 1977-January 17, 1978.

Dallas, NC, Gaston Co. Art and History Museum, NCMA traveling exhibition, "Judaic Ceremonial Art," October 9-November 6, 1978.

Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of History, "Judaic Ceremonial Art," April 3-May 20, 1979.

Greenville, NC, Mendenhall Student Center, ECU, "Ceremonial Art in the Judaic Tradition," February 1-28, 1980.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Sepphoris in Galilee: Crosscurrents of Culture," November 16, 1996-July 6, 1997; Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan Museum of Art, September 7-December 14, 1997; Atlanta, GA, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, January 24-April 12, 1998, cat. no. 28.

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