45 miniatures made of carved limestone, created in "To-No" ["Totzeret Noar"] workshop in detention camps in Cyprus. Cyprus, [ca. 1947-1949].
Miniatures in different shapes: kitchen utensils, dice, books, face, heart, cone, and more. Two are shaped as a Fleur de Lis – emblem of "Hashomer HaTza'ir" movement (whose members were detained in Cyprus) and in two others - a hand holds a sword and a flag hanging on a sword (emblem of the "Lochamei HaGeta'ot" kibbutz founding group).
Average size: 0.5X1 cm. Good condition. Several broken items. Enclosed is a carved match.
Literature:
1. Danieli, Yuval: “Totzeret Noar, story of “To No” workshop, a youth group of Cyprus exiles” 2005 (“Yad Yaari” site, Givat Haviva). Hebrew.
2. Shealtiel, Shlomo (editor): Raise the Flag! Flags of Hashomer Hatzair, One Hundred Years of the Movement. (“Yad Yaari” publishing, Givat Haviva), 2014. Hebrew.