Mokeskin Pouch

• Type: Magical Container, Storage Device
• Owners: Rubeus Hagrid (former), Harry Potter (current)
• Maker: Unknown

A Mokeskin pouch is a small, drawstring bag made from the skin of a Moke. The specific pouch owned by Harry Potter is described as a small, leather-like pouch that pulls tight at the top. The term is often misheard or misspelled as “moleskin,” but the canonical material is Mokeskin, derived from a magical creature. The skin of the Moke is known to shrink at the approach of a stranger, a magical property that is likely transferred to items made from it, explaining the pouch's security features.

The Mokeskin pouch possesses two key magical properties that make it an exceptionally secure and useful storage device.

• Retrieval Restriction: The primary enchantment on the pouch ensures that only its owner can retrieve items from within it. When Rubeus Hagrid gave the pouch to Harry Potter, he explained, “Only the owner can get things out of it.” This prevents theft or unauthorized access to its contents.
• Undetectable Extension Charm: The pouch is enchanted with a powerful Undetectable Extension Charm, allowing it to hold a much greater volume of objects than its small size would suggest, without any corresponding increase in weight. Harry Potter used it to carry numerous important items simultaneously during his hunt for the Horcruxes, including:
  • The Marauder's Map
  • The broken shard of Sirius Black's two-way mirror
  • Salazar Slytherin's Locket (a Horcrux)
  • The Golden Snitch bequeathed to him by Albus Dumbledore
  • The two broken halves of his phoenix feather wand
  • His Invisibility Cloak, one of the Deathly Hallows

The Mokeskin pouch was given to Harry Potter by Rubeus Hagrid as a seventeenth birthday present at The Burrow just before the start of the Second Wizarding War's final year. Hagrid noted it was a traditional sort of wizarding item for keeping valuables safe. Harry Potter wore the pouch around his neck for the entirety of his mission to find and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes. It served as his primary means of carrying his most essential possessions, keeping them safe from the Snatchers, Death Eaters, and other threats he encountered.

The Mokeskin pouch was a vital tool for Harry Potter during the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Its security enchantments were crucial for protecting the dangerous Horcrux locket from being handled by others and for safeguarding irreplaceable items like the Invisibility Cloak and the Marauder's Map. The pouch is also symbolic of Rubeus Hagrid's enduring, protective friendship with Harry. Like many of Hagrid's gifts, it was both thoughtful and immensely practical, providing Harry with a security he desperately needed while on the run. It served as a constant, tangible connection to the friend who first introduced him to the wizarding world.

• The pouch's material, Mokeskin, comes from the Moke, a magical creature described in the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The Moke is a silvery-green lizard native to Great Britain and Ireland that possesses the ability to shrink at will. The book notes that its skin is highly prized by wizards for making moneybags and purses that contract at the approach of a stranger, which directly corresponds to the security feature Hagrid describes.