Brown leather purse with front pocket and gold buckle

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A brown leather shoulder style purse with a front pocket and gold buckle. The front of the bag is made from two brown leather panels that are seamed together at the center front. At the center front, is an 8.25” wide pocket made from one panel of brown leather. It closes with a 6.5” long brown leather strap with a 2.25” long gold metal buckle at the end. The strap secures to the pocket with a single gold metal snap. Black synthetic leather (vinyl) lines the underside of the pocket flap and the front side of the pocket. There is a 23” long brown leather strap connected to the sides of the purse with two 3.5” long leather faux sliding adjusters – one on each side. Each adjuster is sewn to a folded corner of the bag, giving it a rounded shape at the bottom.

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