Prayer board

Museum number:
5-14368
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014368
Accession number:
Acc.3868
Description:
Prayer board, Muslim. Wood tablet containing black-outlined squares and Arabic calligraphy on both sides. Inscribed with prayers and invocations and grids, each square containing a number. Lunate handle at top nailed to board, convex on bottom. Length 54.5 centimeters. Context of use: used in Muslim education of children. Probably contains mathematical or magical formulas (fide Professor Rafe Pinder-Wilson).
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Nigeria
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
November 1983
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Prayer board, accession number 5-14368, described as Prayer board, Muslim. Wood tablet containing black-outlined squares and Arabic calligraphy on both sides. Inscribed with prayers and invocations and grids, each square containing a number. Lunate handle at top nailed to board, convex on bottom. Length 54.5 centimeters. Context of use: used in Muslim education of children. Probably contains mathematical or magical formulas (fide Professor Rafe Pinder-Wilson).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Prayer board, accession number 5-14368, described as Prayer board, Muslim. Wood tablet containing black-outlined squares and Arabic calligraphy on both sides. Inscribed with prayers and invocations and grids, each square containing a number. Lunate handle at top nailed to board, convex on bottom. Length 54.5 centimeters. Context of use: used in Muslim education of children. Probably contains mathematical or magical formulas (fide Professor Rafe Pinder-Wilson).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Prayer board, accession number 5-14368, described as Prayer board, Muslim. Wood tablet containing black-outlined squares and Arabic calligraphy on both sides. Inscribed with prayers and invocations and grids, each square containing a number. Lunate handle at top nailed to board, convex on bottom. Length 54.5 centimeters. Context of use: used in Muslim education of children. Probably contains mathematical or magical formulas (fide Professor Rafe Pinder-Wilson).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer board, accession number 5-14368, described as Prayer board, Muslim. Wood tablet containing black-outlined squares and Arabic calligraphy on both sides. Inscribed with prayers and invocations and grids, each square containing a number. Lunate handle at top nailed to board, convex on bottom. Length 54.5 centimeters. Context of use: used in Muslim education of children. Probably contains mathematical or magical formulas (fide Professor Rafe Pinder-Wilson).

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