Writing Board
Tablet
29-201-704
From: Morocco
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 29-201-704 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Morocco |
| Date Made | 19th century CE |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Inscription Language | Arabic Language |
| Description | Thin board. Hole bored near top, center, through which string is drawn to hang it up. Abrahamic prayer written in Arabic. 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 | 42 cm |
| Width | 33.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Williams Moroccan Expedition; Talcott Williams and Sophia Wells Royce Williams, 1898 |
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