Octagonal box carved and labeled with Holy Sites

PALESTINE OLIVE WOOD ETHROG CONTAINER.

1930’s

Including: The Western Wall, the Cave of the Patriarchs, the Temple, Zion, and Tombs of Rachel, Samuel, Zachariah and Absalom. Hinged lid with applied wood in form of open wreath and prayer- book with blessings for the lulav and ethrog ritual; encircled by inscription in Hebrew “And you shall take for yourselves the fruit of the hadar tree (ethrog), date palm fronds, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days” (Lev. 23:40). 3.75 x 7 x 4.5 inches. For a similar example see J. Ungerleider-Mayerson, Jewish Folk Art (1986) p. 144.