needle-case
- Museum number
- Af1935,0202.9.a
- Description
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Needle-case made of hide with straw packing for two needles.
- Production date
- 1886
- Dimensions
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Height: 33 centimetres
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Width: 4 centimetres
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Depth: 4.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Ethdoc 82 - Notes by donor
'Needle case carried round the neck. The case is of cow hide, the holder of straw and the needle of European manufacture, is for sewing Karosses. The thread used is horse sinew.' Acquired 'Bechuanaland 1886'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Acquisition notes
- See comment on Af1935,0202.1. Nos.1 to 13 were all collected in Bechuanaland in 1886.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1935,0202.9.a