Shoulder bag of textile with supplementary weft patterning and decorated with Job's Tears seeds. It is made of two woven pieces of fabric, one forming the sides, strap and fringe, the other forming the main side panels of the bag. It is chiefly pink, fading to violet in places, and has long p9ink, green and yellow tassels at the sides.
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