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NEEDLE GIRLS
"Needle Girls" is a name for "cutting" that was mentioned in medical books back in the
1870s. It mentions that this particular affliction is a peculiar type of self-mutilation that
is the habit sometimes seen in hysteric persons of piercing their flesh with numerous needles
and pins.
This particular exibit demonstrated the story of a woman who became discouraged for not receiving
her daily dose of opium at the hospital she was admitted to, and took it upon herself to severly
mutilate herself. At her post-mortem autopsy, this is the visual items that were plucked from out of
just her two arms.
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This beautiful framed exhibit is 22 and 1/2 inches wide by 27 inches tall.
The image area is 15 and 1/2 inches wide by 19 and 1/2 inches tall.
The placard which reads Needle Girls" Simulation of Hematemesis is all hand-illustrated using pen-and-ink on vintage paper.
All of the vintage items i.e. pins, needles, hat pins, rusty nails, match sticks, hair pins,
glass shards, pen nibs, upholstery tacks and one fishing hook have been hand-sewn onto
vintage deep red velvet. Framed in a vintage wood frame, this piece is ready to hang in your own
personal dime museum or sideshow.
Order by #CURIO-06
PRICE: $374.95
Shipping cost to be determined regarding final destination.
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Copyright © MADAME TALBOT. All rights reserved.
This Curio has been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in Washington, D.C.
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