Embroidered yarmulke brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
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The yarmulke was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Musem in 2017.
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Embroidered yarmulke brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
overall: | Diameter: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)
A handmade black kippah, a skullcap worn by observant Jewish males, with a decorative, wire-wrapped thread embroidery design owned by Nisson Bespaloff or another man in his extended family. The kippah was brought to the United States when the owner immigrated in the 1930s or 1940s.
Handmade, circular skullcap constructed from six panels of black, velvety, pile weave cloth sewn together with a decorative sunburst shape at the top. The sunburst and a decorative band around the bottom are embroidered in off-white thread wrapped in gold-colored metal wire. Hebrew characters are embroidered above the band on one side in a gold-colored thread. The interior is lined with a black, plain-weave cotton cloth.
exterior, above the band, embroidered, gold-colored thread: (Hebrew characters) [Jerusalem]