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Cloth needle holder(?) in the form of a fish, black silk head, sling for suspension stuffed with seeds etc, nicely embroidered with fish, Chinese, 1851-1920
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A659646
- Measurements:
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overall: 217 mm x 85 mm x 35 mm,
sling, doubled: 320 mm
- type:
- needle holder
- credit:
- Carney, C.E.A.
