Multicolored handwoven wool tagari tote bag. Each side of the bag has four horizontal panels of design, same design, but different color palettes. At the opening of the bag is a pink and blue braided pattern that goes around the whole of the purse. Directly under this is another braided pattern, but in blue and green. Under this is the first set of horizontal design. It consists of three diamond shapes that are created by four smaller diamond shapes; all are multicolored with a maroon background. The first diamond in the panel has four different colored diamonds making it up: orange on the top, purple on the bottom, yellow in the right and pink on the left. In the center of the yellow and orange are four small dots. Within the pink are white and in the purple are yellow. The next large diamond is made of a green top, pink bottom, white right, and blue left. In the center of the green there are pink dots, center of white is blue, pink has orange and blue has white. The last diamond is created with a pink top, white bottom, green right, and purple left. The pink has yellow dots, green has pink, purple has white and white has purple. Each of the large diamonds touch at the side points and in between the empty space of the panel are differently colored triangles. The top tringles go from purple to pink to orange and back to purple. The bottom ones goes from blue to orange to pink and back to blue. Below the panel are two parallel braided lines in purple and white. The next panel is very much the same as the first, just simply in different colors. There are three large diamond shapes that are made up of four smaller ones. The first has a pink diamond on the top, a purple on the bottom, a white on the right and an orange one on the left. In the center of the pink, orange, and white are four purple dots and in the purple center they are pink. The next diamond has a purple top, pink bottom, white right and yellow left. In the center of the purple it has pink dots in the center, the pink has purple, the white yellow, and yellow has blue. The last diamond has a pink diamond for the top, a purple one for the bottom, orange for the right and yellow for left. Both the bottom and left diamonds have pink centers. The top has a blue and the orange a green. Like in the panel above, each large diamond touches at the corners and in the empty space there are triangles, but unlike the top these triangles are all one color, green. Closing off the panel are two braided parallel lines of blue and yellow. Again this next panel is the same as the ones above just different coloring. First diamond is made up of a white diamond on the top, orange on the bottom, yellow to the right and green to the left. in the center of the white and green there are four pink dots and in the yellow and orange there are green. The next diamond is has a yellow diamond on the top and bottom, a blue to the right and a pink to the left. in both the blue and pink there are orange dots, green within the top yellow and blue in the bottom. The last diamond has a top orange diamond, a white bottom, a green right and yellow left. In the center of both the top and bottom diamond are green dots and in the left and right there are pink. As for the triangles in between each large diamond, the top few go from purple to orange to pink to blue and the bottom runs from blue to pink to orange to purple. Closing the panel are three parallel lines braided with pink and green. The bottom panel is somewhat cut in half (the other half is on the opposite side of the bag), but still done that same as the rest. The first diamond has green diamonds on the top and bottom and then an orange right and a pink left. Both green diamonds have white in the center and the two side diamonds have blue. The next large diamond has both top and bottom white diamonds and both sides green. In both green there are yellow dots and in the white pink. The last diamond is the same as the first. The triangles in-between each diamond are similar to the one above where it has changing colors. The top portion goes from orange to purple to yellow to pink and the other side does the same. The other side has the exact same design. The strap of the purse is made up of red, purple and green wool sting twisted together. In the left corner the sting is looped through a purposely made hole. There is the same purposely made hole on the right side, but here the straps been tied in two different tops and has a slight fringe to each knot. Since it is tired in two spots we can see that the strap would be able to be adjusted.

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