Suede fringe bag with orange plastic beads

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

A suede fringe bag with orange plastic beads. The bag is made of brown leather and has a single self fabric strap. The strap is made of five panels, the panels are attached with two metal grommets, one on each side of the strap. Thin strips of suede are woven though the gromets with orange plastic beads and are tied together. Each section of the strap is also adhered at the center. The straps are attached to the back of the bag with grommets and adhesive. The bag has a self fabric flap; the flap is made of the same panel as the back of the bag. Self fabric fringe is along the bottom edge of the bag and the flap. An orange plastic bead is through each strand of the fringe. The front and the back of the bag are attached with self fabric strips of suede along the edges of the bag.

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