Summary
Knitting needles and cotton, circa 1970. They were used by patients to make cotton dishcloths as part of an occupational therapy program at a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia. The dishcloths were then supplied the hospital, the prison system and other government institutions. The pure, industrial grade cotton used to make the clothes came in huge boxes on cones which other clients wound into balls. These materials and tools show some of the work undertaken by patients in an occupational therapy program in a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia.
Physical Description
Ball of off white hand wound thick cotton thread, with two apricot coloured knitting needles with black plastic ends.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from North Eastern Metropolitan Psychiatric Services, 11 Nov 1996
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Place & Date Made
Mont Park Mental Hospital (Asylum), Bundoora, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1970
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - occupational therapy, Materials
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
9 cm (Length), 8.5 cm (Width), 29.5 cm (Height)
Measurement was taken with needles in woolen ball.
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Keywords
Institutional Care, Mental Health, Mental Health Institutions, Psychiatric Hospitals, Occupational Therapy, Cleaning Equipment, Making History - Psych Services
