This hanging made of different coloured velvet is decorated with embroidery in gold threads. It features the animal, Buraq, which is believed by the Muslims to have taken the Prophet Muhammad on his night flight to the seven layers of heaven. The event is known as 'Israk Mi'raj' and is commemorated in many parts of the Islamic world. This hanging would have been hung around the 'pelaminan' (bed or throne) at celebrations of weddings or circumcision in Acehnese and Malay communities of coastal Sumatra.
