Baha'i "The Greatest Name" calligraphy
topic: label: Topic
content: Bahai Faith
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Drawings (visual works) (colored ink on paper, 22.5 x 31 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Folder 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The provenance of the collection is unknown; there is no accession information available.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.XXXX.0338
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Calligraphy (visual works)
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Calligraphy (visual works)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of two (2) drawings of the Baha'i "The Greatest Name" calligraphy. The calligraphy is surrounded by a circular border of geometric designs in one drawing and a rectangular border of geometric designs in the other drawing.  The Greatest Name is a symbol of the Baha'i faith and is an Arabic calligraphic rendering of the invocation "Yá Bahá'u'l-Abhá" (O Glory of the All Glorious).

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