A pouch made of a rams scrotum
| A pouch made of a ram’s scrotum | |
|---|---|
| Date | 2019 |
| Creator of object | Monika Hint |
| Contact | iain |
| Size | 18cm x 13cm x cm |
| Type | Physical Object |
| Omeka | Link |
| Talk Page | Link |
Monika Hint, an student of the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy, runs her own studio, Koordikamber, in Koordi farm in Viljandi county. Collaborating with fellow artisans, local farmers, and hunters, she uses bone, horn, leather, wool, and other natural, often recycled materials to create products that build on and develop further traditional technologies. Koordikamber also offers courses and workshops.
Tanning and tawing are traditional leather processing methods in
Estonia. While tanning requires vegetables or flour, alum and salt are used in tawing. Until the beginning of the 20th century, these skills were widely practised domestically, though there also existed village tanners.
During the 17–19th centuries leather pouches made of ram’s scrotums
were used as money bags and tobacco pouches. They were tanned along with the skins and decorated with applique, beads, copper rings and fabric. Nowadays the pouch is suitable for coins, cellphone, pipe, dice, tobacco, talisman etc