| Object Number | 29-96-253 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hebrew |
| Provenience | North Africa |
| Date Made | Late 19th Century |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather | Cloth |
| Description | Black leather "button" attached to twisted black leather band. Band is double, with fastener knot at end. At 3 places, thin red leather is bound around band - to hold "button" in place, and to bind 2 bands together. Probably wrist phylactery. The leather of the phylactery is worn revealing red and blue striped cloth. |
| Length | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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