Title: Prayer book with case (mahdar)
Object type: Book with travel case
Date: 19th century
Artist:  Wäldä Maryam 
Artist bio: African, Amhara or Tigrinya
Artist nationality: African
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Parchment (vellum), pigment (red, blue, ochre, and black), leather, wood, string
Dimensions: H. 8 1/4 x W. 5 3/4 x D. 2 3/4 in. (20.96 x 14.61 x 6.99 cm)
Classification: Hide-Documents
Credit line: Purchase, 1895
Geography:     Ethiopia      
Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY