Atarah

(Ternopil Regional Museum of Culture and Traditions)
Atarah (diadem) – a tab stitched to tallit gadol.
Atarah #1
Atarah is an integral part of tallit gadol and is located on the one of its longitudinal sides serving as a kind of a collar. This tab of rectangular form with rounded edges was made in order to distinguish the upper and outer parts of the tallit from the lower and inside part. The atarah is woven  from silvery and light-brown threads into a geometrical ornament and trimmed with a white fabric.
Museum / institution
Ternopil Regional Museum of Culture and Traditions
Inventory number in the institution
Т - 8602
Author, place of production
unknown
Production period
CE
Technique
weaving, handicraft, needlework
Technique, comment
Spanish strip – Spanish stitch – a method of complicated Spanish embroidery – braiding with a metal thread.
Religious holiday / lifecycle
for religious use
Era
middle of XIX - end of XIX
Materials
thread, fabric
Preservation condition
satisfactory
Restoration
Restoration is recommended.
Current location
on display