Museum walls shofar-safe
Shofars blew at the Canterbury Museum last evening and not one wall came tumbling down. The efforts of the Israeli Ambassador, Mr Zvi Zimmerman-Boneh, and other shofar players were not enough to emulate the feat of their ancestors who blew down the walls of Jericho. The shofar is made from a ram’s bom. It is among about 100 reproductions of ancient Israeli instruments on display at the museum as part of an exhibition sponsored by the Israeli Government. Mr Zimmerman-Boneh said his Government was pleased to help in bringing a sample of his nation’s culture to New Zealand. He hoped that the exhibition of
instruments and paintings and lithographs by an Israeli artist, Heinz Seelig, would strengthen the spiritual link with the Holy Land. The exhibition, which already has been shown in Wellington and Auckland, is on loan from the Haifa Music Museum and the Amli Library. It includes archaeological pieces that date from about 2000 8.C., as well as replicas of instruments built from ancient drawings and descriptions.
Other instruments on show include the kinnor, lyre, and a replica of David’s harp.
“Music in Ancient Israel” was opened last evening by the Mayor of Christchurch, Sir Hamish Hay. It will run until May.
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