Prayer book with case (mahdar), Ethiopia, early-mid 19th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
early-mid 19th century
Book with travel case in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 95.67a, b), catalogued by the museum's The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing department under the title “Prayer book with case (mahdar)”. The museum dates it early-mid 19th century and records its origin as Ethiopia. It is attributed to Wäldä Maryam ((Central Highlands, Ethiopia, active mid-19th century)). The museum records the medium as Parchment (vellum), pigment (red, blue, ochre, and black), leather, wood, string and the dimensions as H. 8 1/4 x W. 5 3/4 x D. 2 3/4 in. (20.96 x 14.61 x 6.99 cm). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- 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)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
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- Maker recorded
- Wäldä Maryam
- Place recorded
- Ethiopia
Identification
- Met object id
- 307602
- Museum object name
- Book with travel case
- Museum object number
- 95.67a, b
Catalogue references
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