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AIncredible craftsmanship. Richly colored leathers, fringed and tassled embellishments, fantasy and finesse, and still more remarkable is the fact that these tobacco pouches were fully functional. Open the many compartments to reveal a place for small coins, and other necessary objects with which Tuaregs might be traveling through the desert. The larger one even has the beautifully made, original brass pipe in its first section.

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C643a 9-inch tobacco pouch and pipe
$125

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C643b 6-inch tobacco pouch
$70

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  Smaller highly detailed leather pipe and tobacco holder from a Tuareg group. Black and red hole-punched and bas-relief incised motifs open to a second yellow leather flap with green and red narrow striping, finally to end with a charming copper and acacia pipe enclosed by the innermost flap. (5")

C758 Red/black pipe holder $85

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Hand-stitched leather thongs tie the thin, curved wood collar of this container to its gourd-like base. Lid is similarly joined. Wood pull at top. Used by bedouins in the Sahara for powders or crushed plant medicines, these sorts of jars were quite commonly found in desert caravans, but seldom lately. (6 1/2" h)

C780 Sahara jar $48

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