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Lace-making Bobbin1350/3

Turned wooden bobbin, decorated with horizonal concentric grooves along the length of the handle. Seven glass beads attached to the end with a loop of steel wire: 2 light blue; 2 yellow; 2 black; 1 cylindrical blue with white and red design on ends.

Culture
English
Material
wood, glass, pigment and steel metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lace-Making Bobbin1350/2

Turned wooden bobbin, decorated with horizontal concentric grooves and diagonal slash marks. Seven glass beads attached to the end with a loop of steel wire: 2 yellow, 2 blue and white striped, 2 bright blue, 1 blue with yellow and red swirl design.

Culture
English
Material
wood, glass, pigment and steel metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bobbin726/9

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 wood decoration of diagonal lines go around length of bobbin. Small grooves are on most of length, excepting a small area at the centre. The beads vary in size; their colours in order are: clear, blue, amber, clear, brown with grey decoration, clear, amber, blue, and amber.

Culture
English
Material
wood, glass, flax fibre and metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bobbin726/6

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. Five small grooves go around just above recessed area; grooves are painted in alternating black and red. The beads vary in size; the colours of the beads in order are: light blue, clear, light blue, blue, light blue, clear, and light blue.

Culture
English
Material
bone, metal, glass, fibre and paint
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bobbin726/5

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 groove around length of bobbin. The beads vary in size; the colours of the beads in order are: yellow, brown, white, amber, yellow, red and brown, and yellow.

Culture
English
Material
wood, metal, glass and flax fibre
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bobbin726/2

Thin cylindrical piece of wood that has a metal loop with beads strung onto it at one end and tapers to a recessed area and a knob at the other end. The beads vary in size; the colours of the beads in order are: clear, red, green, white with red and green circles, green, pink, and clear.

Culture
English
Material
wood, glass ? and copper metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bobbin524/6 d

Thin, cylindrical wooden bobbin with beads (part d). There is a knob at one end with a wire loop and six beads red-brown, yellow and green. The other end has a small flared tip and a recessed area for thread. The shaft has several thin carved grooves.

Culture
English
Material
wood, glass and metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bobbin524/6 b

Thin, cylindrical wooden bobbin with beads (part b). There is a knob at one end with a wire loop and five beads of various sizes in clear, black and yellow. The other end has a flared tip and a recessed area for thread. The shaft has a wide centre groove.

Culture
English
Material
wood, metal and glass
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bobbin524/6 f

Thin, cylindrical wooden bobbin with beads (part f). There is a knob at one end with a wire loop and eighteen beads of various sizes in clear, white, black and purple. The other end has a flared tip and a recessed area for thread. The shaft has a wide centre groove.

Culture
English
Material
wood, metal and glass
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bobbin524/6 g

Thin, cylindrical wooden bobbin with beads (part g). There is a knob at one end with a wire loop and five beads in clear, purple and green. The other end has a flared tip and a recessed area for thread. The shaft has two thin carved grooves.

Culture
English
Material
wood, glass and metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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