Ethnic Design Collection Reto Zehnder

This is a lovely old worked and painted leather bag, worn by the Tuareg and Fulani of Muritania. These bags contain normally tobacco, a pipe and tweezers and needles to remove thorns, they are also used as wallets. Within the Tuareg they are usually the women who tanned and decorated the skin. some dark spots on the inner side, see pictures.

This is a lovely worked and painted leather bag, worn by the Tuareg and Fulani of Muritania. These bags contain normally tobacco, a pipe and tweezers and needles to remove thorns, they are also used as wallets. Within the Tuareg they are usually the women who tanned and decorated the skin.

The Tuareg "ǝlbayt" snuffbox is probably made by leatherworkers of Tidjikja  in a purely Mauritanian style.The snuffbox  has  four pockets with flaps. These "wargāt" leaves bear the names of the various objects that are stored in the snuffbox: the tobacco leaf, the tinder, the lighter and the pipe cleaner. The snuffbox ends with a pompom of leather "hair" and closes with a small leather cord. With the snuffbox comes a pipe made out of bone, black wood, copper and white metal.

This is a lovely old worked and painted leather bag, worn by the Tuareg and Fulani of Muritania. These bags contain normally tobacco, a pipe and tweezers and needles to remove thorns, they are also used as wallets. Within the Tuareg they are usually the women who tanned and decorated the skin.

The Tuareg "ǝlbayt" snuffbox is made by leatherworkers in a purely Mauritanian style.The snuffbox  has  four pockets with flaps. These "wargāt" leaves bear the names of the various objects that are stored in the snuffbox, it closes with a small leather cord.