Prayer rug owned by Imam W.D. Mohammed
date: label: Date
content: 1980s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, American, 1933 - 2008
notes: label: Description
content: The prayer rug is a low-pile carpet with a primarily gray-blue background with black and white design details. The design featured in the top third of the rug is the image of an architectural dome with a small floral spire at the top. Below the dome is a geometric pattern running horizontally across the rug. Below the geometric pattern in the lower two-thirds of the rug is a stylized architectural interior with geometric columns on either side of the space. At the top of the columns is a stylized arch of floral and scalloped patterns. At the top of the arch, attached to the rug, is a white plastic compass. The compass is a Qibla directional compass. Below the compass needle, at the bottom, is the manufacturer information [HILAL / Tel. 069-28 77 69 / Praying carpets / W.-Germany]. Below the compass, in the center, is a floral motif. Surrounding the edges of the rug is a border with a floral pattern. At the top and bottom of the rug is white fringe.
place: label: Place made
content: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Faith
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Islam
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Prayer
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Religious rituals and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Worship services
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Laila Muhammad, Daughter of Imam W. Deen Mohammed
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.133.1
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: yarn with thread, cloth, plastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (with fringe): 47 1/4 × 25 7/8 × 3/16 in. (120 × 65.7 × 0.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (without fringe): 40 3/4 × 25 7/8 × 3/16 in. (103.5 × 65.7 × 0.5 cm)