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Object Number 974-5-10/52150
Display Title Flowered calico bag, hand-sewn.
Descriptions
Object Description Flowered calico bag, hand-sewn, containing 10 bamboo bobbins, some wound with white thread. Ave. l. of bobbins, 4.5". For lace-making.
Inventory Description Bobbins for lacemaking, some with thread, in cloth pouch
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America?
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 9.5 x 2 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 11
Label on object 974-5-10/52150
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Unknown (?)

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