Nomad Handbag with Ethiopian Breast Plate

Spot a deep green bag with a weathered, blue-green disc looks like it was dug up and polished.

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. Looking closely, a tote with a dark charcoal upper section and an emerald green lower body, showing a few faint scuffs. A round disc with a turquoise patina and raised bosses sits at the center, and a zippered pouch hangs from a cord. It is 18 inches long and 17.25 high.

Handsome, a little scuffed and decorated like a small shield.