Context (Found together / assemblage)
Stored originally inside of a hollow reed, 1961.114 A.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1961.114 [A-C]: 'Reed tube with wad of brown cotton stopping on end, and containing a stick on which is wound some Z-spun cotton thread, five thorn (or cactus spine) needles (with holes pierced) and pin.'
Event Date 1961
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Replacement catalogue card: 'Reed tube with seven needles and one reel of cotton in it.'
Event Date 1986
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Six needles and two fragments with sharp points, possibly broken needles, made of wood or cactus spines. Three are longer than the rest.
Event Date 16/12/2024
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Source was previously given as (Miss) B. Simmonds; this is Betty Simmonds who acted as an agent in Peru for Bushnell (see letter dated 30 August 1961 in Correspondence Archive). The Source field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 5/1/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)