Accession No
1928.391
Description
A bone needle or bodkin with a circular cross-section that tapers to a point at one end, and flattens towards an eye at the other end; the eye is circular.
Place
Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Edelény–Borsod–Derekegyháza
Period
Neolithic
Source
National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1928.391
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
115mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
From Derekegyhaza farm, Borsod, near Edeleny [Edelény–Borsod–Derekegyháza]. Joint excavation by Ferenc Tompa, National Museum of Hungary and Louis C.G. Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1928. See archive (LL1/4/1) for correspondence, notes, etc.
Event Date 1928
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Stout bone needle or bodkin, circular in section except at the top which is flattened and pierced with a neatly made round hole. Perhaps used for sewing hides
Event Date 11/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A bone needle or bodkin with a circular cross-section that tapers to a point at one end, and flattens towards an eye at the other end; the eye is circular.
Event Date 15/5/2024
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:49179
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