item details
NameDitty bag
ProductionUnknown; manufacturer(s); circa 1943; New Zealand
Classificationbags
Materialscotton
Materials SummaryTextile - cotton. Machine sewing.
Techniquesprinting, machine sewing
DimensionsOverall: 200mm (width), 70mm (height)
Registration NumberGH015594
Credit linePurchased 2006
Overview
A 'ditty bag' is a 19th century name originally given to a sailor's or fisherman's bag or box for odds and ends. Today it usually refers to any small cloth bag used to carry miscellaneous items.
This red cotton ditty bag was distributed by the Order of St John and the Red Cross Society of New Zealand during the Second World War. It is labelled 'AChristmas Stocking' andits contents were probaby enjoyed by a prisoner of war.