Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
Date:
1918
Object Number:
1984.68
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Niddy noddy
Object Number:
N-206b
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm)
Marks:
typed: affixed to object: "82"
Description:
Wooden apparatus consisting of a turned columnar shaft with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90 degrees; used for winding yarn into skeins.
Gallery Label:
This niddy noddy was used for winding yarns into skeins.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
