Writing Board
Tablet
29-201-703
From: Morocco
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 29-201-703 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Morocco |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Inscription Language | Arabic Language | Arabic Inscription |
Description | Thin board. Hole bored near top, center, through which string is drawn to hang it up. Used in Koranic schools to practice writing; also, Koranic verses are written on them, then washed off, the ink solution then being drunk as a charm to ward off evil and sickness. |
Height | 46 cm |
Width | 33 cm |
Credit Line | Williams Moroccan Expedition; Talcott Williams and Sophia Wells Royce Williams, 1898 |
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