Silver handbag with beadwork decoration from Mae's Millinery Shop

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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.

Silver and grey beaded handbag with metal chain handle from Mae's Millinery Shop. The bag is rectangular with a flat bottom, with both sides and the bottom covered in seed and bugle beads in a design of alternating crosses and checkerboard squares set on point in silver and steel gray. The purse opens along the top with a silver hinged metal bar with a stylized floral design across the top bars. It closes at the center top with an interlocking pressure knob. A short chain link handle is attached at either end of one side of the top bar by metal loops. The interior of the bag is lined in white satin. There is one interior open top pocket. There are no labels.

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