Black purse with gold hardware and front flap

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 black leather purse with gold hardware and a front flap. The purse has a trapezoid shape and is wider at the bottom than the top. One panel of black leather makes up each side and there’s a 12” strap connected to the top of the purse with gold covered metal D rings. At the top of the purse, is a metal purse frame covered in a layer of black leather. At the frame’s center is a button that releases the purse’s locking mechanism. There is a small 1.5” strap of black leather attached to the flap with two brass prongs on the bottom of it. The prongs punch through corresponding holes on a black leather 9” strap closure that is attached at the back of the purse with studs. It comes across the bottom to the front of the purse and secures under the flap.

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