Islamic Prayer Mat

Unidentified maker (Sierra Leone)

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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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