Carved wooden prayer board
- Made:
- 1880-1920
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Carved wooden prayer board, anchor-shaped handle, flat board, flarcel sides, both faces have Islamic script, west African, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A197495
- Materials:
- wood
- Measurements:
-
overall: 320 mm x 150 mm x 18 mm, .26 kg
- type:
- prayer boards
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
