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| Titles |
Roller pillow with lace in progress and twenty bobbins |
|---|---|
| Description |
Bobbin lace-making oval shaped roller pillow (A) with lace in progress on the roller and twenty bobbins (B-U) supplying thread. Twenty threads attached to bobbins are crossed and twisted over each other according to the pattern laid out on the pillowed roller to make a continuous lace. Pins keep the thread in place on the roller while work is in progress. Attributed to the Dakota or the Ojibwe. |
| Quantity |
21 items |
| Format |
Content Category: artifacts |
| Measurements |
7 inches height 18 1/4 inches width 15 inches depth |
| Nomenclature |
pillow lace bobbin lace lace (needlework) |
| Materials |
wood (plant material) linen (material) |
| Subjects |
Used by (possibly): Dakota Indians Used by (possibly): Ojibwe Indians Used by: Oceti Sakowin Used in (possibly): Minnesota, United States Commerce. Household. Needlework. Lace, Tatting, & Lace Making. Equipment, Supplies, Instruction Books, & Patterns Household. Needlework. Lace, Tatting, & Lace Making. Samples & Fragments Indian. Tools & Equipment. Decoration & Weaving |
| Dates |
Use: Approximately 1890 - Approximately 1925 (Date range based on other lacemaking materials in collection, see ID Numbers 1971.A - 1971.O.) |
| Credit Line |
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 |
| Identifiers |
x.1.1099.A-U (inventory Number) |