Made of goat leather and grass fibers, this amulet from Liberia is worn around the neck and sometimes on the arm for protection as parts of Mohammed Qur’an are bound inside.
Collected by Claude and Marie Rupel, 1936-40.
ULV-JAEGR-2014-5965
African Islamic Amulet
Made of goat leather and grass fibers, this amulet from Liberia is worn around the neck and sometimes on the arm for protection as parts of Mohammed Qur’an are bound inside. Collected by Claude and Marie Rupel, 1936-40. ULV-JAEGR-2014-5965
December 3, 2018