A blue and white shoulder bag. The handle is made from one long piece of textile folded and sewn onto the body of the bag. The bag's body is formed by folding the fabric in half horizontally. The bag has an all-over blue diamond pattern on a cream ground. This patterning is a bird's eye diamond twill weave. The handle has alternating blue and white diamond patterns and self-patterned bands of rosepath and chevron twill. The warp ends of the bag's handle have been made into a twisted fringe.
shoulder bag (bags (land transport: human powered)); textile
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