Wooden lohn or prayer board with handle and leather strap

Made:: 1801-1910 in Sudan

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Wooden lohn or prayer board with handle and leather strap, board covered with Islamic script, thought to be medicinal, Sudanese 1801-1910

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A160338

Materials:: wood and leather

Measurements:: overall: 515 mm x 330 mm x 27 mm, 1.26 kg

type:: prayer boards

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Wooden lohn or prayer board with handle and leather strap

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