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Set of twenty-six lace bobbins
1972.1.A-Z, unknown order
Titles: Set of twenty-six lace bobbins (Supplied title)
Description: A set of twenty-six wood bobbins used to make bobbin lace, wound with linen thread, possibly used by Dakota or Ojibwe women, circa the late 19th to early 20th century. Collected by Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple.
Dates
- Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 (Date range based on time Bishop Whipple spent in Minnesota working for various government commissions for Indian Affairs) (Creation)
Creation
- collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin
Identifiers
- Accession Number: 1972.1.A-Z
Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Holding Type: 3D Objects
Quantity: 26 items
Format
- Content Category: artifacts
Measurements
- 4 inches length
- 1 3/4 inches circumference
Subjects
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1972.1.A-Z, unknown order
1972.1.A,Z
1972.1.A-Z, detail, unknown order