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Prayers for Safe Arrival of Travelers, with Diagrammatic Amulet

Library of Congress

19th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
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Plate 1Prayers for Safe Arrival of Travelers, with Diagrammatic Amulet, West Africa(?), mid-19th century(?), ink on paper, Library of Congress, E445.N8 O43, no. 32.

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Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 334, cat. 228 (supplied scan PDF p. 331)

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Prayers for Safe Arrival of Travelers, with Diagrammatic Amulet, West Africa(?), mid-19th century(?), ink on paper, Library of Congress, E445.N8 O43, no. 32.Plate 1 · Courtesy of the Library of Congress · Printed p. 334, cat. 228 (supplied scan PDF p. 331)

What the catalogue identifies

Catalogue no. 228: Prayers for Safe Arrival of Travelers, with Diagrammatic Amulet. mid-19th century(?); ink on paper; West Africa(?).

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Source date
mid-19th century(?)
Date evidence
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Holding institution
Library of Congress
Recorded provenance
West Africa(?)
Place evidence
Place recorded or purchased, as stated by the source. It is not treated as the place of production.
Catalogue source
Ethiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
Source record
Cat. 228
Source locator
Printed p. 334, cat. 228 (supplied scan PDF p. 331)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).