What is this bag made of?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I have this Art Deco evening bag listed as bone.  It was sold to me as tortoise shell and it is definately not that.  I have searched the internet and my books for anything similar and could not find a thing.  Does anyone have a clue as to what this bag is made of.  Could it be shell, horn or bone?

Many thanks

[bsal6160 · Accepted solution]

If Art Deco it is most likely horn. Tortoise shell is too different in colour, and bone is used later than Art Deco,

[gem-boy-g]

it could also be jet or bakelite