Featured native american style leather bag

hi folks

found this cool looking bag at a boot sale for a measly 50p

pretty cool looking, metal plaque in middle

i get the feeling its not native made though ?

ladies ?

any ideas where it might have come from or age

any thoughts appreciated

 

Looks like a hippie dippie stash bag. What are the dimensions? How long is the strap?

Debora

 

Jesus........the 1st thing came to my mind upon seeing the bag........................hippy dippy !!!!!!

great minds think alike !!!!!

 

I thought hippy too. Totally groovy.

 

On the other hand... That red vinyl cord makes one think it might have been a summer camp project.

Debora

 

I think this was a kit. I vaguely remember them.

 

"Vaguely" because it was the '60s?

Debora

 

Looks to me like very likely a kit, such as easily available in the 60s-70s from the Tandy leather Company. Red lacing very possibly dyed leather, but could be plastic; either might have come with the kit.

 

Looks like a vintage leather crafting kit.Charlie,is that stamped medallion marked ? Could be 60's,but poss 40's-50's.

 

Yeah, the red does look earlier than the 1960s.

Debora

 

Interesting thanks mate, I wonder if the medallion piece is just something someone added and not part of the kit

Can't see any marks, but could be on reverse

 

I'd think the medallion part of kit. And off-centered application may well point to a child's project.

Debora

 

Just a note: the Tandy kits had no markings; they were just leather parts, cut to shape and hole-punched, and enough lace to complete, plus instructions. One could assemble them as-is, or tool or stamp the leather, as many people did.
This one clearly not tooled, but I'd think the medallion was added and not part of the kit.

 

I know this is probably just a mark from use but does this from your last photo look anything like writing when you view it in person?

 

Don't think this era quite right. Would more likely have been tooled.

Debora

 

Blows raspberries @Debora

Yeah, sixties into seventies. Not Tandy, I can't remember who made them, I'll search the brain cell.

 

Hi sis

Looking at it in hand it looks like someone has written something on paper on top of it I think, doesn't look like a manufacturing mark

 

I remember that stuff! LOL. Yes, I'm an aging hippy. I saw a meme the other day that said "I'm aging like a fine banana." Yup.