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Saturday, 03 December 2016 19:48

Prayer Stone Bag, Afghanistan

The Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin holds an embroidered prayer stone bag from Afghanistan, probably from among the Hazaras. Such a small bag is used to protect the prayer stone of the Shi'ite muslims. Such a bag is localled known as a kiseh-ye mohre namaz. It measures 10 x 7.2 cm.

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