Prayer board · Nigéria, Haoussa · 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.
L’objet Prayer board avec l’ID d’objet 3031756 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 68th tribal art auction dans 3 mars 2012 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 359 a atteint un prix de vente de 350 €.
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Littérature comparée
Heathcote, David, The arts of the Hausa, o. O. 1976, p. 23