Actually, these might have belonged to a Plains Indian. During the mid-1800s (when our government was moving the Indians to reservations, there was a movement to teach the Indian women bobbin lace, in order for them to have a trade and make some money. There are web sites regarding this . There is an article @ www.thelacemuseum.org/Lacemaking%20Indians.html<http://www.thelacemuseum.org/ Lacemaking%20Indians.html>. An I believe there are others.
However, this does not make these bobbins worth that much (just my opinion). Lorri Ferguson "Lace Making Among the Indians"<http://www.thelacemuseum.org/Lacemaking%20Indians.html> www.thelacemuseum.org "Lace Making Among the Indians" by Jane W. Guthrie . Here are some scans of an unknown publication called "The Outlook" from ? , dated approximately 1900 (based on ... ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Rick & Sharon Whiteley <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 9:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [lace] LOL on E-Bay Every once in a while I log on to E-bay to kill some time and maybe, just maybe, find something worth while in the antique lace section. Well today there was one heck of a buy ..a pair of "antique Plains Indian lace bobbin tools" that can be yours for a mere $300 US (free shipping). I actually laughed out loud. Neither bobbin was particularly special.. bog standard bone Beds. One had some carving and the other a rather badly executed coloured decoration consisting of both "tigers" (stripes) and "leopards" (spots) ... unusual to find both on the same bobbin. They definitely weren't anything to do with Plains Indians ... ever. The rest of the web-site was given over to lot loads of rusty hammers, rolling pins, old flour sacks etc.. It is alarming to think that there just may be some gullible person out there who would fall for this sort of ignorance or dishonesty, wish something could be done about it. In the meantime, I did have a good laugh :) Sharon, on wet (still) Vancouver Island - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ [X]Simbi með trukkinn<http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/> [https://farm1.staticflickr.com/3/5118236_94f976f34e_b.jpg] <https://www.flickr.com/photos/gommit/5118236/> [https://farm1.staticflickr.com/3/5118236_94f976f34e_b.jpg] - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
