Needle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/844

Copper needle with rounded body, sharp point at one end and a hole (eye) at the other. Corroded and complete.


  • Type of Item needle
  • Culture Chimu
  • Material copper metal
  • Measurements height 13.7 cm, diameter 0.3 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer

  • Made in La Libertad

  • Creation Date between 1000 and 1476
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0844