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needle

On display
human history
  • Description

    needle, bronze. Excavated in mud layers above bone object, probably brought from Italy. Signs of gilding. Needle tapers to a point at one end, at opposite end the eye is rectangular. Two sides of the rectangle extend to create small triangular space (second eye?) above the rectangular eye.

  • Place
    London/England
  • Accession Number
    1930.107
  • Other Id

    27527.2 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

  • Display Room

    applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient Worlds

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  • needle, 1930.107, 27527.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 11 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • needle, 1930.107, 27527.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 11 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • needle, 1930.107, 27527.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 11 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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