Title
Hanging
Year/Period
Late 19th-20th century
Region
Coromandel Coast
Dimension
Gross measurement: H: 250.0,
x W: 191.3 cm
x W: 191.3 cm
Accession No.
2009-01842
Collection of
Credit Line
Previously in the Roger Hollander Collection
This large and elaborate cloth was probably meant to be used as a decorative hanging or canopy. It is inscribed with a Sufi poem written in Urdu using Nastaliq script. The poem speaks of the poet’s longing for his beloved, entreating the help of God as well as Hassan and Hussein – grandsons of Prophet Muhammad and highly revered figures in Shia Islam – in obtaining her affection.
