Minneapolis Institute of Art
Tefillin (prayer container) box (one of a pair)
Austria
- Date
- late 19th century
- Medium
- Silver
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
These intricately filigreed silver boxes were made to cover leather Tefillin boxes containing passages from the Torah. Deuteronomy 6:8 instructs, And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. Traditional Jewish men attach the Tefillin to the head and arm with leather straps during morning prayers. Austria, Europe
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