no. 1630. JHWISH OCOHREMONIALS—ADLER AND CASANOWICZ. Valent 
37. Cover ror tHE Rraprng Drsx.—Made of brocade with silk 
fringes. Measurements, 3 feet by 2 feet 7 inches. (Cat. No. 3625, 
U.S.N.M.) 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
38. HANGING BRASS CANDLESTICK WITH sIx ArMS.—Made in the 
seventeenth century.. Measurements, height 184 inches; span of 
arms, 214 inches. (Cat. No. 3377, U.S.N.M.) 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
39. Hanerne Brass Or, Lamp.—Measurements, 44 inches nigh, 64 
inches in diameter. (Cat. No. 3678, U.S.N.M.) 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
40. Hanerne Lame.—Made of brass and gilded. The body is cast 
in form of a vase 11 inches in diameter terminating in a knob, both 
heavily ribbed. Round the vase are six projections for inserting the 
arms which hold the candles. Between the projections are orna- 
mental knobs or buckles. The whole is suspended by three chains 
formed each of three rods, which are joined together by links in shape 
of coiled double-headed snakes. The lamp was received by Mr. Ben- | 
culiat from a synagogue in Russia, but he thinks that it was made in 
India in the fifteenth century. Measurements, height, 2 feet 10 
inches; span of arms, 2 feet 6 inches. (Plate LX XIII, Cat. No. 4826, 
U.S.N.M.) 
~ Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
41. Srnver Hanerne Lamp.—Cast and hammered work. The vase- 
shaped body of the lamp has at the top ten notches or spouts for the 
wicks. Underneath it is another smaller receptacle likewise in form 
of a vase, terminating in a point. The whole is suspended by four 
trefoil chains. Perhaps English work of the beginning of the nine- 
teenth century. Measurements, height, 4 feet 3 inches; diameters, 
14 and 5 inches. Plate LX XIV, Cat. No. 4559, U.S.N.M.) 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Peiverten | 
42, Brass Hanerne Lamp.—The vase-shaped base is provided ith 
seven notches for wicks. The lamp was originally used by the Beni 
Israel in India. Measurements, height, 2 feet 6 ene diameter, 64 
inches. (Cat. No. 4827, U.S.N.M.) 
Lent by Hadji Epiraun Benguiat. 
43. Laver.—Made of pewter, engraved with floral designs and the 
Hebrew inscription, “Synagogue, Alfasi,? Tunis.” In the Taber- 
nacle and Temple, there was a laver for the ritual washing of the 
priests before entering the sanctuary to offer sacrifices (Exodus xxx, 
*Mr. Benguiat thinks that the lamp was used over the wedding canopy 
(huppah), or during the feast of Weeks (Shabuoth). 
®No doubt the surname of the eminent Talmudist of the eleventh century, 
Isaac Ben Jacob Alfasi, named after the city of Fez. 
