File:Brass Thimble (FOUS 573) (7c953372-1dd8-b71b-0b82-ea562c8478ba).jpg

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English: Brass Thimble (FOUS 573)
Photographer
English: NPS photo
Title
English: Brass Thimble (FOUS 573)
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

Brass thimble.

Although Euro-American women typically used brass thimbles like this one to protect their fingertips while sewing, American Indians acquired them for another, unrelated purpose, as a decorative element for clothing. The hole punctured in the top of this thimble suggest it could have been tied to a shirt or dress with sinew string. Called a tinkler, this thimble would have replaced the animal claws or small hooves that tribes traditionally attached to garments to produce a tinkling sound when they jostled together as people walked or danced.

  • Keywords: fort; union; trading; post; national; historic; site; artifacts; trade; plains; indians; american; artifact
Depicted place
English: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Date Taken on 13 January 2017
Accession number
7c953372-1dd8-b71b-0b82-ea562c8478ba
Source
English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
NPS Unit Code
InfoField
FOUS
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English: Artifacts of Fort Union

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