DepartmentAfrica
Scribe's Carrying Case
NameScribe's Carrying Case
CultureMoorish
Place madeNorth Africa, Africa
MediumMoorish leather work, fabric tassels, beads, thread, metal trim
Credit LineGift of Seymour Hess
Object numberA.1953.5.1
ProvenanceHandwritten on an envelope in the accession file: "Purchased about 27 years ago [ca. 1926, envelope is dated 1953] in Long Beach, Calif. in American Ave. Antique Shop."
DescriptionWriter's/Scribe's carrying case for pens and writing utensils. From North Africa.
1920s
Artist Not Recorded
Collected 1961-1962
Blade 19th C., handle early 20th C.
1st quarter 20th C.
Collected 1961-1962
Collected 1961-1962
c. 1890-1910