Black handbag 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.

Black faille handbag from Mae's Millinery Shop. The small purse is rectangular with a soft body and a rounded bottom that is wider than the top. It opens along the center top with a hinged metal bar that is covered in the same black faille. The opening fastens at the center with a metal clasp. Below the opening on one side is a decorative half-circle self-fabric flap. The short self-fabric handle is attached by a metal loop at each top side of the purse body. The interior of the bag is lined with black satin. A self-fabric coin purse with a metal knob closure at the top hangs by two self-fabric straps from one of the top interior sides. There are no labels.

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