Object Number | 2003-78-31 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Tunisia |
Section | African |
Materials | Leather | Silk | Thread |
Technique | Tanned | Sewn | Appliqued | Embroidered | Tooled |
Description | A flat tan leather pouch consisting of a single piece folded twice and laced with leather to form the body of the pouch and large flap which ends in a point; the interior of the pouch is divided in half by a single piece of leather folded to form a smaller interior flap, the end of which is cut into a double ogee design; outer flap is decorated with incised parallel lines and a curvilinear applique of leather and silk embroidered threads (red, blue, green, and yellow); the interior face is decorated with incised crossing lines and curvilinear appliques of leather and silk threads in lower right and left hand corners; the back is decorated with simple incised crossing lines; a broad strap is attached to the upper right and left hand corners; the outer flap fastens to the bottom front of the pouch with a leather loop and fastener. |
Length | 24 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Width | 25 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1895.1.130 - Other Number | 3024 - Other Number |
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