Villamagna - Record View Page: VM

DefinitionNeedle
MaterialBronze
DimensionsL., 16 cm. Diam. below eye 4 mm., at point 2 mm, w. at eye 6 mm, at end 4 mm. Eye, l. 13 mm, w. 3 mm.
DescriptionLong, large-eyed needle for work on weaving / coarse textile. 5 cm. from the eye end, the metal is flattened with a groove, very deep at the end, set below the long, wide eye and gradually diminishing to a fine line that runs onto the rounded shaft, past the flattened section, to within 5.4 cm. from the end.
State of ConservationExcellent.
ComparandaDi Gangi 1992, 471-2 n. 56.