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Needles
Nubian
Kerma
2400–1550 B.C.
Object Place: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma
Medium/Technique
Ivory or bone
Dimensions
Overall: longest 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1676
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Textile- and costume-making
DescriptionIvory. Very slender, long needles. One perfect and fragments of three others. Notched at upper end to receive thread, unpierced, incised, lines at head, a-c.
Two needles have accession numbers.
Two needles have accession numbers.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 3801-8. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan; 1920: Received by the MFA.