Hand Printed Koran
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Dec 1928
name: label: Donor Name
content: Charles C. Roberts
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: 'Paper sheets bound in heavy morocco leather. This is held in a leather bag attached to which is a shallow woven basket." Reference: Bravmann, Rene´ A. 1983. African Islam. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. Illus. Pl. 5, p. 21 and identified there as: "Written in a splendid, angular Hausa/Bornu script, this copy of the Koran is enhanced with exquisite marginalia, a common feature found in copies of the Holy Book. Hausa, Nigeria. Paper, coloured inks, tooled leather. 23 cm."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: North, Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hausa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 098913
label: USNM Number
content: E341636-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Koran / Bag