prayer-book
- Museum number
- Af1961,22.1.a
- Description
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Register 1961:
Muslim prayer book with 164 pages, in leather case.
- Dimensions
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Height: 17.50 centimetres (a)
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Height: 16.50 centimetres (b)
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Width: 13 centimetres (a)
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Width: 18 centimetres (b)
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Depth: 4 centimetres (a)
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Depth: 6 centimetres (b)
- Curator's comments
- Accompanies the portfolio Af1961,22.1.b.
Register 1961:
(a)&(b) Composite, Muslim prayer book in leather case. The 'Book' consists of 164 sheets contained in a leather portfolio, secured by a leather thong with a cowrie shell toggle.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1961
- Acquisition notes
- Af1961,22.1 and 2 were given by E A Langslow Cock. According to the register of 1961, they had been 'bought by the donor from a Muslim on the road between NARAGUTA and ZARIA (in Northern Nigeria) c.1912.'
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1961,22.1.a
