N° d'objet
5301.3.4
Titre
Two Brass Studded Leather Pouches
Créateur
Description
Two small leather pouches with decorative brass studs and shells suspended from thin leather strips. The patterned studding consists of silver studs bordering brass studs surrounding a central studded silver square. On the reverse is a loop allowing the pouches to be attached to a belt. These pouches were 'taken in operations against the Kabul Khel Waziris 1882' during the Second Afghan War as a campaign momento. This presumably means that it was made by the Waziri tribe and was worn during the war despite British-led forces evacuating in 1881, the Wazirs or Waziris (وزير) are found now mainly in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region.
Date
1870 - 1882
Période de création
Victorian
Matériel
Dimensions
- Width: 90 mm
- Height: 67 mm