Tobacco pouch
The tobacco pouch (also tobacco pouch) is a small pouch as a storage place for tobacco , which is used for plugging a pipe or for making cigarettes by hand (colloquially: turning). The most widely used material is leather because it effectively protects tobacco from moisture.
history
The first tobacco pouches were found as archaeological finds in Mongolia . These were provided with numerous embroidery. In Europe, the tobacco pouch was usually a simple pouch, which was worn on the belt like the purse and the dagger .
See also
- Beit , tobacco pouch and pipe bag in Mauritania
literature
- Johann Georg Krünitz, Friedrich Jakob Floerken, among others: Oekonomische encyklopädie, Volume 179. J Pauli, 1842, p. 101 ( online )
- Commercial lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire commercial sciences for merchants and manufacturers, volume 5. Ernst-Schäfer-Verlag, Leipzig 1850, p. 291 ( online )
- Anton Hornstein: Tobacco in a historical, financial and dietetic relationship. Traßler, 1828, p. 112 f. ( online )
- Jean Gabus: Art of the desert: Shapes, signs and ornaments in the handicrafts of the Sahara peoples. Walter-Verlag, 1959, p. 180 f. ( online )
Web links
Wiktionary: Tobacco pouch - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations