bone needle

bone needle

bone needle

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Introduction

Needle made of animal bone. Used for making nets. Does not have a hole.

Materials

Bone

Techniques or Format

Two pointed ends, grooved channel on inside where marrow used to be; no hole for needle

Dimensions: 11.3 × 0 × 0 cm
Condition: good
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 911.3.59
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Independent Order of Foresters
Publication History

F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection (Toronto: Independent Order of Foresters, 1904),p 52, Indian Netting Needles, made of bone."

GKS Reference Number: 796
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, bone needle. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 911.3.59. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 796.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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