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Pouch for Pipe and Tobacco

19th century

Leather and dyes

5 3/4 × 2 1/2 × 5/8 in. (14.6 × 6.4 × 1.6 cm)
Gift of Deborah Volberg Pagnotta and Dr. Rachel Volberg in honor of Professor Labelle Prussin, Ph.D. 1973, our tough, brilliant mother
2019.110.70
Geography: 
Mauritania
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Islamic
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Containers - Other
Provenance: 

Collected by Labelle Prussin, Pomona, NY, 2004 in Mauritania; Deborah Volberg Pagnotta, Yorktown Heights, NY and Dr. Rachel Volberg, Northampton, MA; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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