Heather,
    Thank you I'd love to get a copy of this report. Do you have an address
where copies can be obtained? Obviously I won't get it in my thesis unless
they toss it out the door and I need to rework it. For my library it would
be excellent.
>>> I did find an intriguing entry from the CHIN collections inventory of an
Ojibwa (this is from a mind crowded with too much info.) mask, with I
believe marbles for eyes. The data was sparse. I wouldn't be able to find
this again for awhile. Also think hatpins too in the 19th C., I have found
"marbles" with the shank still intact but broken off so that it could be
rolled in play. Gotta keep typing. Thank you.  Diane Rice
-----Original Message-----
From: Heather Griggs <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, April 13, 1998 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: Toy Marbles, Cooking Spheres, and ... hem weights?
 
 
>At 04:19 PM 4/10/1998 -0400, Larry McKee wrote:
>>Greetings!
>>     OK, here is another possible non-toy use for marbles that I've heard
>>about - as hem weights for skirts!
>
>This is an intriguing use for these items!  Does anyone else have reference
>for clothing-related uses of "marbles"?  I know that Native American
>peoples used many objects, like thimbles and tobacco can lids, for both
>function and decoration on clothing items, but I am unfamiliar with uses of
>other unlikely materials, like marbles, in clothing manufacture, and my
>interest is piqued.  I would love to hear more!
>
>Regards,
>
>Heather Griggs