Shawl: Caroline McDonald

Maker
Caroline McDonald
Production date
1870s
Description
One rectangular, cream hand knit shawl with scalloped edges made by Caroline McDonald in the late 1870s.
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Production role
Maker
Provenance details
Caroline McDonald knit this shawl with her mother’s help when she was a young girl in the late 1870s. Caroline’s parents, Harriet and Donald, has settled in Leeston in 1852. The yarn used for the shawl came from their neighbours, the McKays. Mrs McKay spun the yarn using wool gathered from sheep on her farm.: Miss Caroline McDonald: Leeston/Selwyn/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand: 1870s
Mrs Harriet McDonald
Mrs McKay
Measurements
Dimensions (h x w): whole: 780 x 970mm
Associated person
Associated person notes
Helped her daughter make the shawl
Spun the wool used to make the shawl
Other Id
PA1271
Catalogue number
PA1271

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