Needle

Museum number:
6-4593
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Accession number:
Acc.54
Description:
Copper needle with eye wound round with linen thread, held by strip of linen cloth
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Uncertain tomb, Cemetery 7000, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
C7000 Cemetery 7000
Culture or time period:
Middle to Late Predynastic Period, Egypt (4000–3000 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Copper (metal) and Metal
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Needles (piercing tools)
Accession date:
October 8, 1902
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
length 98 millimeters, length 17 millimeters, and width 20 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Needle, accession number 6-4593, described as Copper needle with eye wound round with linen thread, held by strip of linen clothHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Needle, accession number 6-4593, described as Copper needle with eye wound round with linen thread, held by strip of linen cloth
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 6-4593, described as Copper needle with eye wound round with linen thread, held by strip of linen cloth

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