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Wooden needles for mending nets
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Fabric Piercing Tool, Sewing Needle
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Wooden needles for mending nets
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishing gear. Collection of twelve wooden tools: (A) Eight wooden needles for mending nets, making and repairing bait bag netting: snowshoe-shaped implements with U-shaped end, closed tangs, and pointed ends. (B) Net needle: wood with large rectangular eye hole. (C) Wood rectangle with hole in the middle and a loop of rope through two other holes: lobster fishing assemby that keeps the line from getting tangled. (D and E) Two wood implements that come to a smooth point. [show more]
Silver rug needle or sewing punch tool
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Fabric Piercing Tool
  • Other
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Silver rug needle or sewing punch tool
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Sewing tool. Antique rug needle or sewing punch tool, a.k.a stiletto sewing awl. Silver handle, steel shank with removable, sliding mechanism bearing patent info: PAT. 0 APR-6-09. Would have been used for a variety of endeavors like ripping seams, as a punch tool in rug making, creating eyelet holes in embroidery, and pricking patterns. Implement was recovered from Ruth "Robin" Freeman's barn across from the Preble House. Freeman is the donor's niece. [show more]