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Description
These carved feet were ornamental supports for the Torah ark at Anshe Sfard, a Chassidic synagogue built on Cumberland Avenue near Wilmot Street in Portland in 1917.
The ark probably held three Torahs. It was topped with a carved eagle, painted gold.
The Andshe Sfard congregation diminished and the synagogue closed in the 1950s. The building was demolished in 1983.
About This Item
- Title: Carved eagle feet for Anshe Sfard synagogue Torah ark, Portland, ca. 1917
- Creation Date: circa 1917
- Subject Date: circa 1917
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Wood
- Local Code: 2009.202
- Object Type: Physical Object
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- Anshe Sfard (Portland, Me.)
- Jews--Maine--Portland
- Jewish art and symbolism
- Synagogues--Maine--Portland
- Eagles
- Buildings--Maine--Portland
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