Prayer board ·  Tchad · 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.

L’objet Prayer board avec l’ID d’objet 3037379 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 78th tribal art auction dans 18 octobre 2014 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 521 a atteint un prix de vente de 300 €.

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Littérature comparée

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