bone netting needle

bone netting needle

bone netting needle

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Introduction

Netting needle made of bone. From the Dr. Oronhyatekha collection.

Materials

Bone

Techniques or Format

Hole on rectangular end

Dimensions: 6.5 × 0 × 0 cm
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 911.3.57
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: 1355
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, bone netting needle. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 911.3.57. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1355.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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