Prayer board ·  Éthiopie · 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.

L’objet Prayer board avec l’ID d’objet 3033727 a fait partie de l’enchère 71st tribal art auction en 24 novembre 2012 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 466.

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