Needle

Museum number:
9-9153
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090009153
Accession number:
Acc.2279
Description:
needle; pointed; wooden pole with hole in top part; needle for thatching roofs; used by two people; one on the roof passing needle through (like sewing) to person below; home industry
Donor:
Brian Shekeloff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture, Kansai region
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan, Kyoto
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needles (piercing tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
August 22, 1967
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 9-9153, described as needle; pointed; wooden pole with hole in top part; needle for thatching roofs; used by two people; one on the roof passing needle through (like sewing) to person below; home industry
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 9-9153, described as needle; pointed; wooden pole with hole in top part; needle for thatching roofs; used by two people; one on the roof passing needle through (like sewing) to person below; home industry

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