Prayer board ·  Nigeria, Hausa · ID: 3031756

Description

wood, white pigment remains, black paint, front and backside inscribed with coran sayings, min. dam., traces of usage;
such tablets were variously used within subsaharian Africa, including northern Nigeria, for example by young boys for learning how to write. Religious specialists wrote coran sayings on the tablest, which were removed by washing lateron and the liquid was given to the client for drinking, which should prevent him of any harm.

The object Prayer board with the object ID 3031756 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 359 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.

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Comparing literature

Heathcote, David, The arts of the Hausa, o. O. 1976, p. 23