Muslim Prayer Board
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- Title Muslim Prayer Board
- Category Religious
- Medium Wood
- Dimensions 13.5"h x 6.25"w x 0.5"d
- Framed Dimensions 17.25"h x 12"w x 9.75"d
- Notes Muslim Prayer Boards were used for prayer five times a day, a requirement in the Islamic faith. This specific prayer board resembles the shape of a cutting board, with a handle with a hole at the top. One's favorite prayers are written in Arabic, on hand carved boards. The text primarily comes from passages of the Quran. Islam and the Hausa language are intertwined, as Islam came with literature, leading to literacy among the Hausa. *Joseph Schacht, “Islam in Northern Nigeria.” (Studia Islamica, no. 8, 1957), 123-46.
- Artist Hausa People Nigerian
- Credit Clyde and Annie Matters Collection
- Location Library Art Storage H8
- Accession Number 1994.0013
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