hussif (alternative)

housewife (alternative)

sewing kit: "housewife" or "hussif"

"given to donor's grandmother when she left Scotland for NZ 88 years ago" [circa 1880]."

grey tweed; pocket for natural coloured linen thread, black thread and black wool and six needles;

Sewing kit in heavy grey cloth with pinked edges, containing ecru and black cotton thread and black wool thread. Needles at one end.

Scotland

New Zealand

1995X1.448 (temporary accession number)

col.2118 (colonial)

History

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