LENAPE Handbags

our name, lenape, is inspired by an old indian-amercan tribe that was located in what is now new jersey, eastern pennsylvania, southeastern new york state, northern delaware and a small part of southeastern connecticut. our turtle icon is inspired by one of the three lenape tribes that signifies our strength of overcoming a slow and struggling pace to help inspire others. lenape handbags is founded by tamer mourshed with the help of his wife and children. after travelling from the middle east in the 80's, tamer began working for lido handbag, coach, and more. he started his own handbag factory (circa 1991) in new york as a pattern, sample, and production maker. his clean yet unique handy work came to an end after the economy crashed. our turtle icon is inspired by one of the lenape tribes. out of the turtle, wolf, and turkey tribe, we chose turtle to signify not only ours, but the world's constant struggle and slow-pace race to the top. after the crash of the economy, tamer found himself jumping from job to job to finally trying to rebuild what he created in the past, but even better. the damaged turtle shell was finally shed.