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May 21, 2013

Inspired by Books

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Grogger (noise maker)
Title:Grogger (noise maker)
Artist:Artist Unknown
Date:20th century
Creation Place:Europe, Europe
Credit Line:Gift of Harold and Mickey Smith
Accession Number:98.136.16
The Hebrew inscription on the top of this grogger translates, "Cursed be Haman, cursed be all the evil people." Here Haman is depicted as a Cossack, a group that carried out brutal pogroms against the Jews in Russia.