Nomad Handbag with Ethiopian Breast Plate

Consider a color-blocked bag in plum and forest green wears a hammered disc like a medal.

This is a handbag with an Ethiopian breast plate. It is leather & bronze. Bronze and brass ornaments from Ethiopia were often cast by the lost-wax method, in which a wax model is covered in clay and replaced by molten metal. Evidently, a trapezoid tote with a plum upper panel and a deep green lower body, finished with a round golden disc with four small slots at the center. A small zippered pouch with whipstitched edges dangles on a cord. It is 18 inches long and 17.25 high.

Colour-blocking with a small piece of armor on the front.