Black wool tote bag called a tagari.  It has a mostly square body and a shoulder strap.  The cord or shoulder strap is braided black and white wool and goes all the way down along the outside of the bag and has a tassel at the end/bottom.  The body of the bag is black with a bold band of color across the middle.  The decorative band takes up almost a third of the bag, and has a white background decorated with alternating geometric stripes of solid blue and multi-colored pin stripes of dark teal, orange and brown.   

Tagaris are bags that are usually made with a single strip of woven wool, which is then folded and has the other edges sewn together in order to form a bag. They have been used as purses or in order to carry produce, such as olives.

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