board
- Museum number
- 1995,0411,0.1
- Description
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Brown wooden board painted yellow with Arabic inscriptions scratched through the paint and overlaid with a gold paint square at the top. The artist was inspired by wooden boards used for learning the Qur'an (Koran) in various parts of Muslim Africa. it is signed and dated in Arabic on the last 2 lines and in English on the back. Gouache.
- Production date
- 1993
- Dimensions
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Height: 40 centimetres
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Width: 22.50 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2013 - 2014 2 Nov - 26 Jan, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 'Qalam: the art of beautiful writing'
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Qur'an
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Associated Title: Koran
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1995,0411,0.1