thimble
- Museum number
- Am1903,0615.16
- Description
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Conical thimble made of caribou bone (?), open at the top, pitted on the side and much worn.
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.40 centimetres
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Width: 1.70 centimetres
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Jenness 1946 pp. 92-94 discusses and illustrates the different types of thimble. He explains that metal thimbles were much preferred as soon as they became available because they didn't chaff the finger so much, and of course when used with steel needles lasted much longer.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1903
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1903,0615.16