Needle Used In Making House
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WOODEN NEEDLE--USED IN GRASS-HOUSE (KEE) CONSTRUCTION. MADE FROM SEHUARA CACTUS WOOD, 16" IN LENGTH. THE HEAD OF THE NEEDLE, IN HORIZONTAL SECTION,IS AN ELLIPSE 1/2" IN GREATEST WIDTH. AN EYE, 3/8" IN LENGTH, HAS BEEN CUT THROUGH THE FLATTENED HEAD, 5/8" FROM THE TOP END. THE REST OF THE NEEDLE IS NEARLY ROUND IN SECTION, TAPERING TO A BLUNT POINT. THE NEEDLE IS USED TO PASS YUCCA TIES THROUGH THE UPRIGHT GRASS FORMING THE WALL OF THE HOUSE SO THAT THE HORIZONTAL SAPLING BINDERS MAY BE DRAWN DOWN TIGHT AND FIRM AGAINST THE GRASS, THUS RETAINING IT IN PROPER POSITION."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fresnal, Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papago (Tohono O'odham)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174442-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Needle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 41 cm