Side 1
Ogadeni Somali Koramie 20′ c  115 NYC
(writing tablet)
-prob. verses from Koran
-letters are wiped off for next exercise like a blackboard
-many layers underneath like re-writing on parchment
-board worked with adze
-polished
$600 fr. Amyas Naegele

Side 2
-I like how the writing dominates structurally over the wood because of the natural fluidity (compare words on architecture in Western tradition)
-I like that it is written upon and stood up to read
-nice to touch
-folk art
-maybe I see “my” line in this which follows the wood grain