EditorialView of Torah finials, Iraq, 1741-42, gilt silver, formerly in the Sassoon Family Collection, at the Jewish Museum in New York, March 1, 2023. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
EditorialSome of the tools Moshood Olusomo Bamigboye used: two carving knives on left with finials in the shape of a woman’s head, and the scraper at right, in the shape of a man’s head, on display at the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 13, 2022. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times)