- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden writing board inscribed with Arabic.
- Cultural groups
- Arab
- Person
- Field collector Frank Morey
- PRM source Frank Morey
- PRM source Newport Museum, Isle of Wight
- PRM source Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1912
- Date collected
- By 1912
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1912
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Wood Plant, Material Ink, Process Written
- Dimensions
- Length: max 430 mm, Width: max 260 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1912.61.4 Other numbers: 1912.ß.52
Search terms: Writing, Religion, Writing Accessory, Inscription, Religious Object
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