Bone Needle

7500 BC - 7000 BC
Bone
Jarmo
6.0 cm x 0.2 cm diam.
A66699

Oriental Institute Museum

Artifact Description

Bone Needle

This is a fragment of a needle made out of animal bone. It was used for sewing, and would originally have had a hole at one end through which thread could be passed.

Suggested Readings

Hunter, Erica. First Civilizations: Cultural Atlas for Young People. New York: Facts on File, 1994.

Kramer, Samuel Noah. Cradle of Civilization. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1967.

Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. New York: Facts on File, 1990.

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