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Hem Ripper

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1825-1874

GUSN

GUSN-61604

Description

Bell form with a removable handle with a blunt needle-like instrument.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ivory (tooth component)
Ripper, Stitch
Ripper, Stitch

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 (H), 1 3/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.2083

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