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I always have a soft heart when it comes to a Heybe adoption. I picked up this beauty recently and although it appears to be a common “Full Blossom” Heybe example, I believe there is more to it. This Heybe is extremely heavy compared to my other examples. My conclusion is it’s from animal sweat. OK, not too hard to live with since it doesn’t smell like animals any longer. If you look at the leather sides, the leather is literally falling off it’s so old. Generally, most bags you see today had the leather removed, or, if it’s intact, it’s stiff as a board. The leather on this piece is paper thin. The leather on Heybe’s was intended to be replaced as needed when it was old or destroyed. Finding a bag with the leather attached is not impossible nor rare, but they are hard to find. You will see the bag on the right in the picture of probably around the same era, the leather has been removed.
I like the bag and love the fact that it was used as intended…as a tool, something to assist in the daily activities of life before the ease of plastic bags or totes came along. Sometimes for us, the true value in a piece is not the monetary aspect of it, but the history behind it.
My best guess this is from south of Kayseri (Anatolian region of Turkey) from a village named Yahyalı. I feel ıts no older than 1930 and possıbly up to 1960 at the latest.
I like the bag and love the fact that it was used as intended…as a tool, something to assist in the daily activities of life before the ease of plastic bags or totes came along. Sometimes for us, the true value in a piece is not the monetary aspect of it, but the history behind it.
My best guess this is from south of Kayseri (Anatolian region of Turkey) from a village named Yahyalı. I feel ıts no older than 1930 and possıbly up to 1960 at the latest.
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