Islamic Prayer Mat
Unidentified maker (Sierra Leone)
1970
Woven fiber and dye
Overall: 63 3/4 × 34 5/8 in. (162 × 88 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
170.30.24993
Geography
Place Made: Freetown, Sierra Leone, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Religious Object
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
History 5.08, African and African American Studies 19.01, Africa and the World, Robby Zeinstra, Fall 2023
History 5.08, African and African American Studies 19.01, Africa and the World, Robby Zeinstra, Fall 2023
History 69.01, African and African American Studies 53.01, Religion 74.17, Islam in African, Robby Zeinstra III, Spring 2024
Provenance
Purchased by Stewart G. Rosenblum, Class of 1970, for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1970.
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