English: Figure of Al-Buraq (winged half human, half horse) painted on glass with gold metal frame. Condition good.

English: Gora Mbengue was a member of the Tijaan, a Senegalese Sufi movement devoted to the teachings of al-Hajj Malick Sy, a local Muslim saint. This painting depicts al-Buraq, the winged horse with a woman's head on which the prophet Muhammad flew the mi'raj, his nocturnal journey to heaven to meet God. Al-Buraq has also been adapted as an emblem for miraculous success in business in the region. Reverse glass painting (souwère), a technique that had developed by 1900 in Senegal's cities, was banned by the French colonial government in 1908. Works such as Al-Buraq are a part of collective memory and resistance that has since spread throughout Dakar.