I have a vintage mid century bag that I am pretty sure to be from real elephant hide. It is quite heavy and thick and feels luxurious. Inside it has 4 compartments plus two slip pockets and one zipped pocket. Lining is made of real suede and feel extremely soft. It has a unique and intricate clasp - to open you have to push from both sides of the round part and to close you just push the clasp back in and the sides somehow know to snap out to hold it (might be magnet). The clasp also has the word PATENT with a small acorn symbol on it. Underneath there are four golden studs the bag sits on. The condition is very good, only some tarnishing of the hardware in the inside frame edges and inside snap opening. Outside there and small scrapes on the outside skin. Inside the lining is perfect. It does feel to be more than just a normal vintage bag, which I have quite many, so I needed to confirm this.

Length 28cm, Height: 18 cm with handle 28 cm , Width: 9 cm narrows to 2 cm, Bag opening: 14 cm, Weight: 726g