Needle Item Number: 3263/76 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Naturally coloured bone needle that is pointed at one end and flattened at the other. Flattened end has a hole drilled into it. Needle curves slightly to the left at the pointed end.
Size of needle suggests this would have been used for coarse sewing, such as fastening the wrappings around a mummy bundle.
Collected in Peru before the 1970s by Ina VanStan, a Professor of Textiles and Clothing at the Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) from the 1940s to c. 1966. VanStan later gifted her collection to the donor. A large amount of the donation was used for teaching at the University of Alberta while others were mainly small study fragments.
textile production