Detail of Hazara prayer stone cloth Afghanistan. Embroidered cloth with motifs including hands; mosque; Arabic characters. Prayer stone cloths are used to hold the prayer stone (mohr or turba) used by Shiite muslims. The prayer stones are made of baked clay from Karbala. The prayer stones are kept wrapped in the cloths in the house or on the body. When praying one puts the prayer stone cloth on the prayer rug.

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Size: 3396px × 2565px
Location: Afghanistan
Photo credit: © ethnografia / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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