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Brown alligator skin handbag with alligator head and paws at flap closure, shoulder strap
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Brown alligator skin handbag with alligator head and paws at flap closure, shoulder strap
Bag
c. 1938
Alligator leather
USA
Gift of Rene Resnick Gratz
Object number2010.33.1
Alligator bags were not new, but designers often utilized the whole animal in the 1930s, a trend that seems barbarous today.
DescriptionSmall rectangular shaped envelope style alligator handbag comprised of full skin wrapped in one piece from front to back, head and front paws on front envelope flap and full osteoderms (back scales) wrap in one piece from front envelope flap to back, hind legs at back: rigid construction; short self handle; braided leather trim; leather interior; interior pocket; snap closure.
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