Pouch

2003-78-31

From: Tunisia

Curatorial Section: African

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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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