Wallet, stamped leather

The wallet has a decoration that was made by stamping the leather in a matrix (see e.g. 4/2000), after which the background around the stamped pattern was dyed dark brown. The pattern consists of arabesques populated by running four-legged animals and birds – a decoration that was also used in metalwork from Khorasan and Afghanistan from about 1200.

On the back of the wallet are remnants of the leather straps that made it possible to attach the wallet to its owner’s belt.