Ivory bodkin
Bodkin
TEXTILE WORKING EQUIPMENTivory
overall: 2-1/2 x 1/8 in.
Bodkin; Ivory bodkin; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); slender ivory or bone bodkin (needlework tool used for threading); thin and narrow, with a small, slender eye at either end; found in tray inside of Chinese sewing box.
2005.34.451.7