Tuareg Circular Lidded Leather Box with Incised Design

Leather drum of a box, brown below and black on top.

This circular lidded leather box with an incised design is Tuareg, from West or North Africa, and is contemporary. It is leather & wood. Leather stretched over a wooden form makes a light but durable container, a technique suited to people who travel across wide desert regions. Round lidded container wrapped in smooth reddish-brown hide with darker mottling. The domed lid is black, edged with a row of small stamped marks, and shows a pale circular design in the center. It is 2 inches high and 4.25 in diameter.

Snug as a hatbox and twice as serious.