Tuareg Circular Lidded Leather Box with Incised Design

Glossy black leather tub with a faint stamped mark on its lid.

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 box covered in dark gray hide, the top softly domed and shiny, edged with a zigzag of small stitched or stamped marks. A faint stamped motif sits in the middle. A crease crosses the side. It is 2 inches high and 4 in diameter.

Zigzag trim on a very sober outfit.