Shofar from Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A shofar, a traditional Jewish ritual musical instrument, carved from a single ram's horn. The shofar has an associated wooden, box-shaped stand with a plastic mount that has been padded and wrapped with black tape.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1998
• Created by: Unidentified
• Used by: Rabbi Capers Funnye, American, born 1952
• Used by: Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, American, founded 1984
• Type: shofars
• Medium: 2011.88.6a: horn;
• Medium: 2011.88.6b: wood, metal, tape on plastic
• Dimensions: 2011.88.6a: 4 1/8 × 11 5/16 × 1 3/16 in. (10.5 × 28.7 × 3 cm)
• Dimensions: 2011.88.6b: 4 1/8 × 9 × 4 in. (10.4 × 22.8 × 10.2 cm)
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Hebraic religions
• Topic: Judaism
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Religious rituals and ceremonies
• Topic: Worship services
• Object number: 2011.88.6ab
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Gift of Rabbi Capers Funnye and the Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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