This popular print pictures the Kaaba, built by Abraham and Ishmael on the orders of Allah. The Kaaba is a sacred shrine in the shape of a cube. It is the geographic centre of Islam.
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Details
Title: The Kaaba in Mecca
Date Created: 1973
Location: Egypt
Physical Dimensions: height: 31cm – width: 40cm
Subject Keywords: Ethnographic collection
Type: Print
Medium: Cardboard
ID: AE.1973.0030.0007
Department: Ethnographic collection – Africa
Acquisition: Donation from Margriet Olbrechts-Maurissens
(1973)
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