Nesting bag with hand painted flowers and fringe

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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 nesting bag with hand painted flowers and fringe. The bag has a red synthetic satin cord strap. The bag is made of synthetic pattern weave with woven circles and subtle vertical stripes in light green and pale pink. A design with two triangles and two lines are printed sporadically across the fabric. Two purple flowers with leaves and a sprig of blossoms are painted on the front of the cover. Black marker outlines the painted areas. The text [Ami] is written to the side of the bottom center leaf. The bag straps channel though the cover and are sewn to the top of the internal bag at each side of the opening. The internal bag has a half inch hand sewn hem at the opening. Synthetic maroon fringe is sewn to both sides of the internal bag at the bottom. The internal bag is unlined. The bag is unlabeled.

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