Loading

Tasbih serve as aids in prayer. The 99 names of Allah are recited with their help. They most commonly comprise 99 moveable beads, but shorter ones with 33 beads are also customary. Nowadays there are even electronic tasbih, with a compass simultaneously accommodated for determining the location of Mecca.

Details

  • Title: Tasbih
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date: 2011
  • Location: Germany, made in: China
  • Physical Dimensions: h50 cm
  • Type: Object
  • Medium: plastic, metal, cord, cardboard, electronics
  • Inv.-No.: N (52 R) 220/2011
  • ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-018719
  • External Link: Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Copyright: Text: © Koehler & Amelang Verlag in der Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG / Museum Euopäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / und die Autoren Photo: © Museum Euopäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Ute Franz-Scarciglia

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Flash this QR Code to get the app
Google apps