Museum object · Tools and Equipment
Four sewing needles on a paper holder from Mae's Millinery shop
1941-1994
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A rectangular black piece of paper with two folded ridges, reinforced on the back with masking tape from Mae's Millinery Shop. Four (4) metal sewing needles are pierced through the ridges, with a fifth pinhole being empty.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2010.6.55.13