Mat

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"274. Mat.Worked in the same manner as the previous ones, only hemmed with red cloth and with a sack-shaped pocket on the upper end in which the religious native can keep his Quran, the prayer book, the rosary and all the other belongings he may need for praying. This is a prayer mat, such as those that all good Muslims and  Hadjis always carry with them."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 58). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller