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11. Copper bucket

Copper bucket
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Copper pail with handle and geometric design engraved around top; origin Morocco.

12. Wooden bust

Wooden bust
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Polished wooden head of a woman with turban-type head cover, dark stain, wood may be mahogany, origin North Africa.

13. Charm

Charm
Date:
1951
Description:
Circular charm with a thin piece of metal soddered to the back to be worn as a charm on a necklace; six-pointed star with a hole in the middle engraved on front; shaped like a gong with a loose part inside that makes noise; back is plain; origin Tuareg or Berber people.

14. Copper kettle

Copper kettle
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Copper kettle with brass parts on lid and handle; origin Morocco.

15. Dagger

Dagger
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Dagger with metal blade and wood handle that is decorated on the end in decorated metal sheath that has two rings with a red and blue rope attached to the rings; sheath turns up at the end; origin Morocco.

16. Soap dish

Soap dish
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Circular brass soap dish that accompanies a brass bucket (1989.001.076) and has a design engraved on it; several holes on the tray and a raised bowl without decoration; origin Berber people of Morocco.

17. Pottery fragment

Pottery fragment
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Fragment of a pottery bowl, origin Egypt.

18. Kettle

Kettle
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Copper and brass kettle with intricately engraved design on lid, top, and sides; knob of lid, ornate handle, and spout brass; origin Morocco.

19. Wooden object

Wooden object
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Small wooden object, intricately done with a loose wooden ring; origin Morocco.

20. [The Reader]

[The Reader]
Date:
1900 and 1929
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of a Jewish man from North Africa. The caption on the back of the photograph reads: "There are many Orthodox Jews in North Africa, descendants of ancestors who have probably lived there since Emperor Hadrian banished the Jews from Rome."