Niddy-Noddy

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Niddy-Noddy

Entry/Object ID

1954.42.5

Description

Wooden niddy noddy consisting of a turned central bar with slightly triangular crossbars at each end. The crossbars are offset perpendicularly from each other. One crossbar has a raised scroll carved into each end.

Use

Used to wind skeins of yarn.

Context

4 in collection; chose to keep this 1 as RepEx.

Acquisition

Accession

1954.42

Source or Donor

Harding, Ina May Harris (1879-1979)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Niddy-Noddy

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Winder, Yarn

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Textile Manufacturing Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials