Card, Hand
- Object Name:
- Card, Hand
- Object ID:
- 1966.545.251
- Date:
- 1820-1840
- Description:
- Card, wool, one of a pair. Wood, leather, and wire. Handle round on one side and flat on other. Joined to the card base by a groove in handle and held in place by two nails. The base smooth on one side and other side has a leather pad covered with fine metal wire. The leather pad held in place by multiple tacks around edge. Paper label adhered to back, with ink inscription, "Madison NH / 19 Aug 1881".
- Material:
- Wood
Leather
Metal - Dimensions:
- W-9.5 L-10.8 D-0.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Probably from the Horace W. Harmon Collection. Probably the "Ancient flax comb" listed in Harmon catalog, #251.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- Subjects:
- Weaving, Spinning, Spinning apparatus
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