Tobacco Pouch

Tobacco Pouch
Ethnographic collection / Tobacco tools
Date made Circa 1920 - 1930

A tobacco pouch made of black cotton and linen with a square shape and embroidered in the Fallahi (peasant) cross-stitch in geometric and plant shapes. Its tatreez (embroidery) is comprised of red silk threads with small stitch patterns in violet, pink, and beige colours. The back has dense tatreez and its edges and face are decorated with blue, red, and white beads and Ottoman coins. Hanging from the bottom are silk tassels with white beads at the ends.

Object details

Town
Palestine
Materials
Silver
Cotton
Linen
Beads
Width
3 cm
Length
27 cm
Use
Tobacco tools