Sewing tool. Antique rug needle or sewing punch tool, a.k.a stiletto sewing awl. Silver handle, steel shank with removable, sliding mechanism bearing patent info: PAT. 0 APR-6-09. Would have been used for a variety of endeavors like ripping seams, as a punch tool in rug making, creating eyelet holes in embroidery, and pricking patterns. Implement was recovered from Ruth "Robin" Freeman's barn across from the Preble House. Freeman is the donor's niece.
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“Silver rug needle or sewing punch tool,” Great Cranberry Island Historical Society, accessed April 23, 2024, https://gcihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/2002.Catalogue # 2013.258.1989
