String of orange wooden beads

Museum number:
5-2960
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002960
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Moslem prayer beads; Tasbaha; wooden, orange with 6 red beads; tassel of green fiber.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Jos market, Jos, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Hausa; Jos Market
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled String of orange wooden beads, accession number 5-2960, described as Moslem prayer beads; Tasbaha; wooden, orange with 6 red beads; tassel of green fiber.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled String of orange wooden beads, accession number 5-2960, described as Moslem prayer beads; Tasbaha; wooden, orange with 6 red beads; tassel of green fiber.

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