Prayer board ·  Ethiopia · ID: 3033727

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, plant fibre cord, front and backside inscribed with coran sayings, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of usage, on base;
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 3033727 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 466.

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