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kit, sewing

human history
  • Common Name
    housewife
  • Other Name

    military housewife (alternative)

    hussif (alternative)

  • Description

    sewing kit

    brown raw leather hussif, empty; rectangular in shape, folds up; pouch pocket at each end, threaded secures down centre for tool storage with flap on each side to contain tool ends; reverse is plain leather, with some grease or coal marks.

  • Place
    [New Zealand]
  • Associated Place

    [New Zealand]

  • Other Id

    1997x2.30 (temporary accession number)

  • Department

    History

    War History

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Images

  • kit, sewing, 1997x2.30, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 12 Dec 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • kit, sewing, 1997x2.30, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 12 Dec 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • kit, sewing, 1997x2.30, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 12 Dec 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • hussif sewing kit, 1997x2.30
  • hussif sewing kit, 1997x2.30
  • hussif sewing kit, 1997x2.30
  • hussif sewing kit, 1997x2.30
  • 1997x2.30 Cons 14228 AT a

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