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Thin cylindrical piece of wood that has a recessed area and a knob at one end and a metal loop with beads strung onto it at the other end. White thread is wound around recessed area. Inlaid metal decoration in four plain bands and one band with two barbs go around centre of bobbin. The beads vary in size; the colours of the beads in order are: blue, clear, white with red flowers, blue, white with blue stripe, clear, and blue.
Thin cylindrical piece of wood that has a recessed area and a knob at one end and a metal loop with beads strung onto it at the other end. White thread is wound around recessed area. Small grooves go around length of bobbin. The beads vary in size; the colours of the beads in order are: clear, dark green, lime green, yellow with green stripes, lime green, dark green, and clear.
Thin, cylindrical piece of bone that has a recessed area and a knob at one end and a metal loop with beads strung onto it at the other end. White thread is wound around recessed area. A small groove goes around just above recessed area; four more are below metal loop; grooves are painted red and black. Lengthwise on bone are three lines of writing in red-painted dots. The beads vary in size; the colours of the beads in order are: amber, red, multicoloured, pink, amber.
Thin, cylindrical piece of bone that has a recessed area and a knob at one end and a metal loop with beads strung onto it at the other end. Two deep grooves go around just above recessed area; two more are below metal loop; grooves are painted red. Lengthwise on bone are two lines of writing in red-painted dots that are separated by lines of larger, black dots. The beads vary in size; the colours of the beads in order are: red, clear, red, clear, clear, clear, red, clear, and red.
Metal tin containing 67 straight pins. Tin is cylindrical and has a screw lid with wide threads. Lid is of a lighter metal and has a raised area in the centre of top; band of short perpendicular lines around side. A piece of card is wrapped around the tin and says, "Steel pins for point ground lace; a piece of tape connects the two ends.
Seven beads of various sizes, shapes and materials: 1 medium-size dull blue, irregular spherical shape, glass; 1 small, light blue, tubular, glass; 1 very small, bright blue, hexagonal, glass; 1 very small bright blue, spherical, glass; 1 very small, clear glass; 1 medium, oblong, green and yellow ceramic; 1 small, iridescent seashell, drilled for stringing. Wrapped together in a bundle.
Handmade tapered wooden peg, roughtly cylindral in cross-section, flattened in some places. Blade marks visible. Ends roughly finished.
Hand-made sample book containing small samples of five different kinds of hand-made lace, each labeled to indicate type of lace and (sometimes) the age of the maker. Pages held together with dark blue twine, threaded through two holes in the fold at the left edge and knotted. The cover is a folded sheet of dark blue construction paper with some words hand lettering in pencil; three labels made of masking tape partially obscure the writing. On the first page is a 6.4 cm long sample of 1.3 cm wide lace, vertically mounted on dark blue tissue paper and tacked down with white thread; two labels made of masking tape identify the name of the pattern, its place of manufacture, and notes about its maker and materials used. On the second page is a 9 cm long sample of 1.8cm wide lace, vertically mounted on dark blue tissue paper and held in place with two steel pins; one label made of masking tape identifies the name of the pattern. On the third page is a 7.5 cm long sample of 2 cm wide lace, vertically mounted on dark blue tissue paper and tacked down with white thread; one label made of masking tape identifies the name of the pattern. On the fourth page is a 9.3 cm long sample of 2.3 cm wide lace, mounted vertically on dark blue tissue paper and tacked down with white thread; one label made of masking tape identifies the name of the pattern and the age of the maker. On the fifth page is a 4.5 cm long sample of 7.1 cm wide lace, mounted horizontally and held in place with two steel pins; one label made of masking tape identifies the name of the pattern and the age of the maker.
Turned wooden bobbin, plain design.
Turned wooded bobbin, plain design.