Embroidery stiletto

Description
Bone embroidery stiletto. Creamy coloured fine-grained bone. Stiletto is cylindrical in shape, tapering to a point at one end. The other end has three grooves around the top and ends in a spherical shape with a small hole in the top.
Used in tailoring to unpick basting. Given to Mrs Harrison by a Scottish tailor in Gisborne. Both employed by Platten, the Tailor, Gisborne.
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Description
Bone embroidery stiletto. Creamy coloured fine-grained bone. Stiletto is cylindrical in shape, tapering to a point at one end. The other end has three grooves around the top and ends in a spherical shape with a small hole in the top.
Used in tailoring to unpick basting. Given to Mrs Harrison by a Scottish tailor in Gisborne. Both employed by Platten, the Tailor, Gisborne.
Measurements
Dimensions: 81 x 9mm: 0 - Whole
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Subject categories
Tailors and dressmakers
Clothing
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Department
Social History - Puna Pāpori
ID number
9372

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