Old Hausa Koranic Writing Board – ALLO – Sokoto Region, Nigeria

Aluminiun, brass. Cm. 45,5 x cm. 26,0 (17.91″ x 10.24″). Grams 601,2 (21.21 oz.).

For the youngest of students to the most senior of elders, art can provide a vision of the ideal world.

This writing board is evidence and expression of devotion and discipline, and a connection to an international community connected by Arabic, the language of the Qur’an.

For more informations, please see “Talismanic Arts – practices of sacred and protective writing from Norther Nigeria”, by Andrea Brigaglia and Gigi Pezzoli, blacktarantella edizioni.

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