prayer rug

unrecorded Maranao artist, artist

prayer rug, late 1800s–1959

Where object was made: Lanao del Sur, Philippines

Material/technique: cotton; silk

Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 117 x 57 cm length includes fringe
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 22 7/16 x 46 1/16 in

Credit line: Gift of Charles K. Warriner

Accession number: 2007.1326

Not on display

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"Time/Frame," Jun-2008, Robert Fucci, Shuyun Ho, Lauren Kernes, Lara Kuykendall, Ellen C. Raimond, and Stephanie Teasley
One of the five pillars of Islam is a mandate for every Muslim past a certain age (nine for girls, fifteen for boys) to pray five times daily, at dawn, midday, afternoon, sunset, and night. Salah (prayer) is meant to keep Muslims mindful of Allah in their daily lives. The position of the sun determines the times of these prayers, and is also used to set the hours of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, in which observant Muslims do not eat or drink between the dawn prayer and sunset prayer. This rug was made in Italy for use in Lanao del Sur, a Muslim region in the Philippines.