Magic Bags


This bag is based on the design of the ancient African medicine bag called "The Juju bag". I took the principle of a bag hidden within a bag where the inner contents are held securely and easily accessable to the traveler. Embellishing upon this masterful design, I composed the "Magic Bag" for contemporary relevance. The out of sight/out of mind component makes this a formost secure way to travel when needing to keep in eye's and hands reach small and valued things. Over the twenty five years or more that I have made this bag, I have heard encouraging testimonies of how the bag was stolen (when taken off) and later found with the contents carried in the inner sanctum, still secured and undiscovered.

In wearing for greater security, the bag should be worn diagonally across the body: slip one arm through the loop, let fall to the center of your body (around neck). With one hand, hold the inner bag (try not looking down), with the other hand, pull the top bag. Wallah! (the diagonal position provides a shorter space to pull open).

These bags come in three colors: Black, Brown (not shown), and burgundy, other colors may be requested, The length of the shoulder straps are 48"-52" x 1/2" wide. Longer straps may be requested with additional charge.

The dimentions for the three bags: Sm - 7" x 6" x 1". The front cover of this size has a convenience pocket on front. The flap is held close by a magnet snap. There is an open pocket on the back. The hidden compartment has a pocket on the front and then a deeper sancturary for contents of greater value. Md - 9 1/2" x 8" x 1 1/2". It similarly has a front pocket covered with a flap that has two magnet snaps for closure. The hidden compartment has three card pocketsmeasuring the width of the inner bag, 7". The sixth pocket is the deeper hollow for burying the more treasured contents. All shoulder straps are secured with brass rivets and are the same length for each of the three sizes. Lg - 11" x 9" x 1 1/2". It has the same structure and number of pockets (6) as the medium size. The card pockets of this size are 8" in width.

When ordering, please let us know what size and color you would like.

 
Burgundy Magic Bag (lg)
$165.00
 
Black Magic Bag (sm)
$115.00
(md not shown, $135.00)
 
 

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