Metal box with clasp (bronze, copper, or copper alloy). Intricate, detailed decorations in low relief covering the entire surface of the exterior including Arabic letters on the top and sides in Quranic script. The text at the top is the opening of a prayer.
Donor:
Marybelle Barton and Rexford W. Barton
Materials:
Copper alloy and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Accession date:
April 22, 1971
Department:
(not assigned)
Dimensions:
depth 7 centimeters, width 7.5 centimeters, and height 13 centimeters
Comment:
Arabic letters in Quranic script on top and sides, incised.