Needle
65-10-62
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Hi Xumux |
| Object Number | 65-10-62 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cashinahua |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Palm Bark |
| Description | Palm bark, long, narrow, tapering, carefully smoothed; flat at one end with small square hole; opposite end pointed. Used when shuttle no longer fits through at end of a piece of cloth. |
| Length | 55.3 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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