Summary
Metal Tool with a hook on the end used by artist Martha Ash, circa 1996. Martha Ash was born in Poland in 1920 and lost all her family in the Holocaust. She came to Australia in 1949 where she studied ceramics, sculpture silver smithing, enamelling and glass mosaic. This tool was used in the enamelling process probably for use with the kiln. Martha Ash died in September 1996.
Physical Description
Metal tool with wooden handle used in enamelling process. Tool has long thin metal rod extending from handle, rod is hooked at the end and a circular metal guard is attached to the wooden handle to protect the hand.
More Information
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Acquisition Information
Donation from (Estate of) Martha Ash, 03 Feb 1997
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User
Mrs Martha Ash, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1996
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Inscriptions
Handwritten on wooden handle: MARTHA.
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overall dimensions
53.5 cm (Length), 9 cm (Width)
hook is 3 cms long
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References
Contemporary Craft and Cultural Identity Project, by Deborah Tout-Smith and Anna Malgorzewicz for MoV and Monash Uni History Dept, 1992
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Keywords
Artworks, Crafts, Cultural Identity, Handcrafts, Jewish Communities, Jewish Customs, Jewish Immigration, Polish Communities, Polish Immigration, Religions: Judaism
