Needle Used For Making Nets
Object type: Weaving Needle
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Date: ca. 1550–1458 B.C.
Medium: Bronze or copper alloy
Dimensions: L. 20 cm (8 1/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Courtyard CC 41, Pit 3
Locus: Burial D 1, In bowl 16.10.438
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1916
Accession year: 1916