Bobbin

Museum number:
18-456
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2156
Description:
Bobbin: wooden, cylindrical form, expanding towards on end, flanges at smaller end and in middle. Used to hold thread for the purpose of edging bed sheets and women’s clothing. It is used at the same time with other bobbins. Length 10 cm.
Donor:
Nancy Tanner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bobbins
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bobbin, accession number 18-456, described as Bobbin: wooden, cylindrical form, expanding towards on end, flanges at smaller end and in middle. Used to hold thread for the purpose of edging bed sheets and women’s clothing. It is used at the same time with other bobbins. Length 10 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bobbin, accession number 18-456, described as Bobbin: wooden, cylindrical form, expanding towards on end, flanges at smaller end and in middle. Used to hold thread for the purpose of edging bed sheets and women’s clothing. It is used at the same time with other bobbins. Length 10 cm.

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