[Tom]

Here’s a link to classic southern mens bags, an item that may have once been commonly seen but a mans only item and for some reason may have been a prestige item, and maybe not all men had them. (sounds like a lot of conjecture).

However I think that women today could make a much smaller item based on this style and wear it as a small purse/pouch.

I have only seen one old circa 1830 womans bag and it was Seminole, and was a draw string type, very large and square, the centeral panel in the middle was black velvet and the top and bottom maybe silk or something close to it.

http://www.nativetech.org/seminole/bandolier/index.php

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