Needle

Museum number:
1-67291
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Wooden netting needle with native two-ply string.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
California tribes and Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needles (piercing tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Netting needle.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #43: California Academy of Sciences (December 16, 1975–March 23, 1978) and S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 1-67291, described as Wooden netting needle with native two-ply string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 1-67291, described as Wooden netting needle with native two-ply string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 1-67291, described as Wooden netting needle with native two-ply string.

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