Grogger
Photo credit: Matt Flynn
Accession Number: C.2010.308.1
Dimensions: 8 in X 19.5 in X 9.25 in
Dimensions (Metric): 20.32 cm X 49.53 cm X 23.495 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 20.32 cm X 49.53 cm X 23.495 cm
Source: Micah Tal Roufa
Credit Line: Gift of Artist, Micah Roufa
Description
Jewish ceremonial Grogger created by Micah Roufa and made from recovered World Trade Center steel, hand-blown glass mirrored with silver, and rebar. The Grogger includes a small piece of steel within a mirrored glass orb that rattles when the rebar handle is shaken. When not being used, the Grogger rests on a small mangled fragment of recovered World Trade Center steel.
Jewish ceremonial Grogger created by Micah Roufa and made from recovered World Trade Center steel, hand-blown glass mirrored with silver, and rebar. The Grogger includes a small piece of steel within a mirrored glass orb that rattles when the rebar handle is shaken. When not being used, the Grogger rests on a small mangled fragment of recovered World Trade Center steel.
Historical Notes
A Grogger is a Jewish ritual object, a noisemaker used at the holiday of Purim to blot out the sound of the name of a hateful character, Haman, during the reading of the Megillah (Book of Esther).
The Grogger was made between the fall of 2009 and February, 2010, by the artist Micah Roufa. Naomi Fishman, curator of the Museum of ImaJewnation commissioned the piece for the Purim Grogger exhibit at the St. Louis Jewish Community Center. Roufa later donated the Grogger to the 9/11 Museum.
