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Sailmaker's Palm (thimble)


      Description: Leather apparatus which fitted in palm of hand with loop over thumb; used to protect hand when sewing sails and to give more strength when pushing needles into leather

Format: Realia
Object: sail making

Titles:
Sailmaker's Palm (thimble)

Subjects: sail making

Institution: Devonport Maritime Museum and Historical Society

Object number: DMH_00339

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