sewing-kit

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Object Type
Museum number: Am1944,02.38.a-d
Description: Sewing-kit; made of skin; a) sewing-kit made of dark piece of skin decorated with geometric design of lighter-coloured skin sewn around outside edge; b) metal needle inserted through sewing-kit on front; c) thimble-holder made of piece of bone carved with three tines; d) thimble made of piece of skin attached to one of the tines of thimble-holder.
Production ethnic group
Production date: 14 Oct 1933 (before)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Ammassalik
Materials: skin; metal; bone
Technique: sewn; carved
Dimensions: Height: 20 centimetres; Width: 11 centimetres; Depth: 2 centimetres
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1944
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am1944,02.38.a-d

Free entry