Summary
Tool with a curved forked 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. Martha Ash died in September 1996.
Physical Description
Metal tool used in enamelling process. Turned wooden handle, with circular metal hand guard at neck, long metal rod which has been molded into a curved forked end.
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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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overall dimensions
51 cm (Length), 9 cm (Width), 9 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Artworks, Crafts, Cultural Identity, Handcrafts, Jewish Communities, Jewish Customs, Jewish Immigration, Polish Communities, Polish Immigration, Religions: Judaism
