SUMMARY: Small artisanal brown leather shoulder/cross-body purse with hand-tooled decorative bands, whip-stitched leather-thong edges, fringe ties, and a long thin leather strap; purchased at a Cuban artisan market after 1978. DESCRIPTION: A small, soft rectangular cross-body purse of medium-brown leather. The body is constructed from two front-to-back panels joined at the edges by a continuous whip-stitched leather thong lacing, which forms a decorative dotted/punched border around the entire outline. The front face carries the principal decoration: two horizontal bands of stamped/tooled geometric ornament running across the body, with smaller decorative bands and a small front pocket or applied panel finished with hanging cut-leather fringe ties. A long, thin leather strap is attached at the top corners for cross-body carry; the strap shows curl-set from long use. A few thin leather thong ends hang loose at the bottom corners, an intentional fringe element rather than damage. Surface tone is uneven, with handling patina and slight darkening from use.