Sewing Kit In A Tin 'The Tin Wardrobe'

Object/Artifact

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Museum of Transology

A small, round, silver tin labeled "The TIN Wardrobe". The label is in the trans, non-binary and intersex pride flag colours and features the trans symbol. With a brown handwritten luggage tag.

A small, round, silver tin labeled "The TIN Wardrobe". The label is in the trans, non-binary and intersex pride flag colours and features the trans symbol. With a brown handwritten luggage tag.

Name/Title

Sewing Kit In A Tin 'The Tin Wardrobe'

Entry/Object ID

MOT/2024/NDOTC/CARD/015

Tags

Clothing, Cardiff, National Day of Trans Collecting, Wales/Welsh/Cymru

Description

This object was collected during the Museum of Transology's National Day of Trans Collecting and has been formally acquired by St. Fagans National Museum of History. You can find more about their museum and its collection at: www.museum.wales/stfagans/

Collection

National Day of Trans Collecting

Category

Fashion, Artwork, Intersex

Dimensions

Height

50 mm

Width

50 mm

Depth

20 mm

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Notes

Bishopsgate Institute, London

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Tag Transcription

Notes

WE GOT THESE TINS OUT OF THE SKIP AT OUR STORAGE LOCKER AND REPURPOSED THEM INTO SEWING KITS TO SELL & ENCORAGE PEOPLE TO FIX THEIR OWN CLOTHES AND SEW ON THEIR OWN PATCHES. MOT/CTDOV/002.8 5x2cm