| Translated title | Back to the Shtetl: An-Sky and the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition, 1912–1914. From the Collections of the State Ethnographic Museum St. Petersburg |
| Editor |
Rivka Gonen. |
| Collection |
Russian Museum of Ethnography, St. Petersburg. |
| Imprint |
Jerusalem, Israel, 1994. XX, 156 pp., illustrated, 30 × 23.5 cm. Hebrew with English summary. Unseen. |
| Location |
Israel Museum (22 March–27 August 1994) |
| Description |
A traveling exhibition of Jewish ethnographic and artistic objects, most of which were collected by An-Sky during his expeditions to Eastern Europe. |
| main keywords |
AN-SKY (SHLOYME RAPOPORT)CEREMONIAL OBJECTSEASTERN EUROPEPHOTOGRAPHSRUSSIA/SOVIET UNIONSYNAGOGUE TEXTILESSYNAGOGUESTORAH ORNAMENTS |
| minor keywords |
AmuletsBesamimBread, festiveBrusttichlCandlesticks/CandelabraCircumcision implements/objectsEtrog containersGames/ToysHalitza shoeHand-washing vesselsHanukkah lampsHebrew illuminated manuscripts, 19th–21st CHistorical photographsKeter TorahKiddush cupsMatzah covers/bagsMezuzah casesMizrachOmer calendarsPapercutsPesach cupsPesach platesPurim groggersRimmonimSchpanyer arbetShtetlsSynagogue lampsSynagogues, Eastern EuropeSynagogues, Russia/Soviet UnionSynagogues, woodenTassTefillin casesTorah Ark curtainsTorah Ark valancesTorah mantlesYad |
| Related ephemera |
Invitation to exhibition opening, leaflet, 4 pp., 22 × 9 cm. |
| Other venues |
Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (4 May–29 November 1992); Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum für Völkerkunde, Cologne, Germany (15 January–25 July 1993); Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt, Germany (29 September 1993–30 January 1994); Jewish Museum New York, New York City, USA (November 1994–March 1995) |
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