052 knitting needles
Identification number: 052
Object: Knitting needles, 1 pair
Material: Palm wood, ivory, baleen, other woods or shell
Artist: unknown
Date: c. 19th Century
Length: 17 1/8" 43.4 cm
Width: 7/16" 1.1 cm
Thickness: 5/16" 8 mm
Pigment: Red in serpent mouth, nostrils
Tool used: lathe ? knife
Design description: - Ivory tip, palm wood shaft, multiple bands of Material:s, carved ivory end, serpent, with large eye, folded back on itself
Condition: somewhat dirty
Cleaned 10 May 1999
Other notes: similar critter to bodkin - same author ?
Location: Box #5
Cataloged by Judith N. Lund
19 April 1999
