Needle

Museum number:
5-11600
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011600
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
Basilla- needle for leather-work, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11600, acc no. 2879, file code 1.6. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: needle manufactured from piece of iron; loop at end forms eye Context of use: for sewing leather Description: needle for sewing leather; iron; looped eye; rusty; 13.4 cm. l.;
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needles (piercing tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 5-11600, described as Basilla- needle for leather-work, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11600, acc no. 2879, file code 1.6. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: needle manufactured from piece of iron; loop at end forms eye Context of use: for sewing leather Description: needle for sewing leather; iron; looped eye; rusty; 13.4 cm. l.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 5-11600, described as Basilla- needle for leather-work, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11600, acc no. 2879, file code 1.6. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: needle manufactured from piece of iron; loop at end forms eye Context of use: for sewing leather Description: needle for sewing leather; iron; looped eye; rusty; 13.4 cm. l.;

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