Be an Object Detective – can you guess what today’s Mystery Object is?
Here are some questions to answer about the object:
Looking at this object, can you guess what material it is made of?
Do you see any images on this object? What are they?
What do you think this object was used for?
Do we use any objects like this today?
Yesterday’s Mystery Object was a Needle Case.
Made of animal bone (possibly ivory) this case is also decorated with various designs and has a gold-plated ring on it. Needle cases were used to store sewing needles when they were not being used.
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