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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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.2039 Type: Object, Fabric Piercing Tool, Sewing Needle Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business 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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.258.1989 Type: Object, Fabric Piercing Tool Subject: Other 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]
Complete Family Darner Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Fabric Piercing Tool, Sewing Needle, Darning Needle	Other, Sewing		Complete Family Darner Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17599 Type: Object, Fabric Piercing Tool, Sewing Needle, Darning Needle Subject: Other, Sewing Description: Kit to darn holes "in anything that requires mending or darning in the Home"; for use with sewing machines. Contains 4 small hoops or rings in various sizes. Small black pastic needle of some sort with the kit but probably not in the original kit. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor.

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