Handmade beige leather purse with lizard scale pattern on front and back. Purse is rectangular, has an adjustable shoulder strap, and a rounded flap with a front loop closure. Sides and bottom have lines and X’s embossed along them. Edges of purse are stitched together with plain leather. Interior has a small zippered pocket, along the back.

Small rectangular purse, or pouch, with a thin twisted dark red and black silk thread strap. The bag is sewn together on three sides, leaving an opening at the top. Long fringe of alternating sections of red and black line the edge of the bag. The front and back are both heavily embroidered with horizontal rows of geometric designs and stripes in beige, red-brown, black and golden yellow.

Heavily embroidered and beaded wallet, or purse, with small mirrors. Layered fabrics sewn together - light green-grey, and one section of mustard yellow. Rectangular piece with three openings on front. Light blue beading around each opening, and beaded fringe along all edges. Small circular mirrors inset within small embroidered burgundy circles on both sides. Edges lined, front and back, with fishtail plaited black and metallic thread.

Small hide purse. Rectangular bag is envelope shaped, with flap folding over the top opening and coming to a point at front centre. A metal snap closes the purse at flap's point. Hide is light tan in colour, decorated on the front with small glass beads in a variety of patterns including arrow shapes in red, white and yellow, lines along the flap in red and green or blue, flowers in blue and pink, a zig zag line in dark blue, and edging in light blue. A fine handle of pink and blue beads is attached to the top corners of the bag. Back and interior are undecorated.

Small hide pouch. Flat bag is light tan in colour, rounded on base, and decorated on the front with small glass beads and black cellulose ? sequins. Edge is embellished with a scalloped row of sequins that extends into a double handle at top. Bag interior has two lines of black fabric sewn to the front panel. Back of bag is undecorated.

Rectangular leather purse. Bag consists of a wallet and a cover, attached by a long thin strap made of twisted leather that holds the wallet inside the cover. Cover has red and black tooling on front in linear patterns with a square at centre. Top has two green leather ‘’tubes’ to each side from which the strap emerges, and a yellow triangle between. Cover is seamed at back. The red inner wallet has two compartments each covered by a large flap. Innermost pouch is decorated with black lines on a red background. Leather tassels hang from bottom.

The dye is red.

The swamp grass is natural, dark blue, purple, red, green, pink, yellow, and brown.

Small flint purse. Pouch is stiff leather, with a front flap outlined in decorative convex metal squares that surround three protruding decorations, two of which hold a turquoise stone. The flap covers an interior pocket meant to hold kindling or flint. At bottom of purse is a thick, curved, steel flint-striking platform inset with gold floral motifs. Top of purse is edged in metal with a squared loop holding a leather thong which would enable the flint purse to be hooked to a belt.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.