Tobacco Pouch

Tobacco Pouch
Ethnographic collection / Tobacco tools
Date made Circa 1920 - 1950

A tobacco pouch made of beige 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 tiny tatreez shapes in yellow, blue, green and other colours. Its edges are decorated with pinkish beads from which hang short silk tassels.

Object details

Town
Palestine
Materials
Silk
Cotton
Linen
Beads
Width
16 cm
Length
31 cm
Use
Tobacco tools