Finest quality plates - Nigeria - Hausa $25.00
$90 per set of 4

3 of the best aduazes - Nigeria - Hausa $1500.00
This aduaze measures 26 1/2 x 12 1/2". Please click on the image to view 2 more. The second one measures 28 x 16" and is the same price, $1,500. The third measures 28 3/4 x 14 3/4"; its price is $1,800.

Aduaze Koranic school board - Nigeria - Hausa $1800.00
In the past it was very common for parents to choose to send their children to Koranic school instead of sending them to public school. In addition to the appeal of the religion the Koranic schools typically cost little or nothing whereas at the very least parents had to dress their children according to the school dress code in order to attend public school. Many parents could not and still cannot afford this expense. The disadvantage to Koranic school was that the children would not learn the official language of the country be it English in Nigeria or French in any of the countries of francophone Africa. They would learn to read and write enough Arabic to study the Koran but usually not enough to converse in it. And few people spoke or speak Arabic outside of a religious context. Now more and more people are doing whatever it takes to send as many of their children as possible to public school. They may also attend Koranic school but this is extracurricular. These wooden boards are what the children use to practice reading and writing their lessons in the Koran which is always in Arabic. Our website features beautiful examples of the genre. This one measures 13" wide x 23" tall. Look below to see a photo of a religious man writing on one.

the 3 largest aduazes - Nigeria - Hausa $2500.00
This aduaze measures 33 1/2 x 15 1/4". Please click on this image to see the other two large, finest quality aduazes. The second measures 29 1/4 x 15 3/4" and the third is 29 1/2 x 14 3/5". The second and third are both $1,800 each.

Largest aduazes - Nigeria - Hausa $1500.00
This aduaze is of excellent quality. It measures 25 x 12 1/4". Please click on the photo to view 2 more beautiful aduazes. The second one measures 23 1/2 x 12 1/2". The third one is 25 x 13".

Detail of Arabic writing on Aduazes - Nigeria - Hausa
This writing is from three of the aduazes on this page.

First very fine old aduaze - Nigeria - Hausa $1500.00
22 x 14 1/4", not counting the small wood "handle" on the top. In fact, this small "handle" is what is left after the horizontal piece, always relatively fragile, broke off. The family which used the board did not consider this a problem and continued to use it even without the horizontal part of the handle. The remaining protrusion has become quite well worn with use over the course of many years. Please click on the image to view the reverse of this old and worn object of islamic teaching.

Second very fine old aduaze - Nigeria - Hausa $600.00
20 x 11 3/4". Please click on the image to see the other side of this very old and very worn aduaze.

Third very fine old aduaze - Nigeria - Hausa $500.00
18 x 9 1/4". Please click on the image to view the reverse of this very old and worn Islamic teaching object.

Fourth very fine old aduaze - Nigeria - Hausa $1200.00
21 1/2 x 10". Please click on the image to view the reverse of this beautiful board, perfectly complete with its horizontal handle intact.

Fifth very fine old aduaze - Nigeria - Hausa $900.00
22 x 11 3/4". Please click on the image to see the other of this very worn and very used Koranic learning device.

Sixth very fine old aduaze - Nigeria - Hausa $750.00
20 1/2 x 9 3/4". Please click on the image to see the old writing on the other side of this very used Islamic object.

Three of the very finest old aduazes - Nigeria - Hausa $1500.00
Measuring, respectively, 21 3/4 x 9 1/2", 20 1/2 x 11 1/4", and 22 1/4 x 12 1/4", these 3 very beautiful and fine quality aduazes are all very similar and are each the same price, $1,500. Please click on the image to see the other two. In all three cases, the writing on the reverse is very similar, at least in terms of the way it looks on the board. I presume that the verses are different; I regret I am unable to read them myself.

Seventh very fine old aduaze - Nigeria - Hausa $1500.00
23 x 10". Please click on the image to see the other side of this beautiful board with some of the most beautiful calligraphy.