Wooden prayer board

Made:
1801-1910
Wooden prayer board

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Wooden prayer board
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Wooden prayer board, with crescent-shaped leather covered handle and leather tassels, board covered with paper divided into sections, and decorated with interlocking designs in polychrome, centre panel on both sides covered with Islamic script, from northern Nigeria, 1801-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A37246
Materials:
wood, paper and leather
Measurements:
overall: 965 mm x 290 mm x 35 mm, 1.42 kg
type:
prayer boards