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1900.46.16.1

Plaiting implement, "taemespjaldir" for making the snoods of hooks. [SM (Verve) 12/06/2014]

1900.46.16.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Plaiting implement, "taemespjaldir" for making the snoods of hooks. [SM (Verve) 12/06/2014]
Long description
Plaiting implement, "taemespjaldir" for making the snoods of hooks. A carved piece of wood, similar in shape to a key with two holes at one end and carved with the inscription "NDPS" [SM (Verve) 12/06/2014]
Cultural groups
Danish
Person
Field collector Thomas Nelson Annandale
PRM source Thomas Nelson Annandale
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1900
Date collected
1900
Acquisition information
Donated: 1900
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material String, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Inscribed
Dimensions
Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 170 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.46.16.1
Research and responses

For the donor's account of his visit to Føroyar [the Faroe Islands], see The Faroes and Iceland: Studies in Island Life, by Thomas Annandale (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905). [JC 4 12 2014]

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