Mekka Cardboard Tobacco Box

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Mekka Cardboard Tobacco Box

Red cardboard box depicting an Arab man smoking a tobacco pipe, he wears a white Arab robe with blue and gold detailing on it along with a headscarf. This box was used to contain 50g of Oriental mix tobacco. Created by Cruwell-Tabak. The word "Mekka" is located next to the Arab figure in large yellow font along with the words "capochiert... milder feinschnitt Orient mischung" in yellow, white, and black italic font. The term "capochiert" is purely an advertising statement, which means that only the tips of the leaf (caput, the head) have been processed. This indicates the high quality of the tobacco leaf.

German

Gebr. Crüwell (Tabakfabrik)

Cardboard Box

The Black Archives

Tobacco Box

Middle Eastern Man, Arab Man, Oriental Caricature

Pipe, Robes, Tobacco, Keys, Building

c.1965

13x7.5x3

Germany

Bielefeld

Tobacco, Advertising, Caricature, Orientalism

Geb. Cruwell

Geb. Cruwell

Richard Weaver

This object was included in the Documenta collection as a result of Richard using it to teach Basil how to archive the object collection. During this process, the tobacco case was attributed to the nearby city of Bielefeld in close proximity to Kassel.

https://rlp.museum-digital.de/object/71869; https://phebusmuzayede.com/15432-mekka-cruwell-tabak-karton-sigara-kutusu-12x7x3-cm.html