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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Hand Card
Date Made:19th century
Type:Textile Working Tool
Materials:Wood, wire, and leather
Place Made:North America; United States
Accession Number:  MH SK B.22.A.25.3
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE: A hand card for carding cotton or wool, with maple back and handle, and short, elbow bent wires set in leather, with 150 points to the square inch. Marked No 6 Cotton - Boston. and a name too worn to be legible. Back 10" x 4 3/8". Handle 5". Cat. 12/2/1936.

Subjects:
Leather

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