Artist:
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Artist Unknown
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Title:
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Grogger (noise maker)
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Date:
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20th century
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Medium:
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Copper alloy
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Dimensions:
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10 x 7 x 1 1/2 in. (25.4 x 17.78 x 3.81 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Harold and Mickey Smith
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Location:
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Gallery 362
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The Hebrew inscription on the top of this grogger translates, "Cursed be Haman, cursed be all the evil people." Here Haman is depicted as a Cossack, a group that carried out brutal pogroms against the Jews in Russia.
Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Judaica
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Physical Description:
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bronze noisemaker with a Russian Cossack in a pillory chained to a tree
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Europe, , ,
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Accession #:
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98.136.16
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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