Prayer board ·  Chad · ID: 3037379

Description

light brown wood, front and backside inscribed with coran sayings in black paint, older inscriptions which were removed by washing recognizable, sickle-shaped handle wrapped with leather, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
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 clients for drinking, which should prevent him of any harm.

The object Prayer board with the object ID 3037379 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 521 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 282 f.