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Set of twenty-six lace bobbins
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| Description | Set of twenty-six wood bobbins used to make bobbin lace, wound with linen thread. |
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| Quantity | 26 items |
| Format | Content Category: artifacts |
| Measurements | 4 inches length 1 3/4 inches circumference |
| Nomenclature | Lace bobbin |
| Subjects |
Collected by: Whipple, Bishop Henry Benjamin Used by Dakota Indians Used by Ojibwe Indians Used in Minnesota, United States Household. Needlework. Lace, Tatting, & Lace Making. Equipment, Supplies, Instruction Books, & Patterns Indian. Art |
| Dates | Creation: Not earlier than 1890 - Approximately 1926 Sybil Carter began developing the Episcopal Church lace manufacturing work with American Indians in Minnesota in 1890. The lace program continued well after CarterÂ’s death in 1908 and eventually dissolved in 1926. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution |
| Holding Type | 3D Objects |
| ID Number | 1972.1.A-Z |
