Bone Netting Needle

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Date:1922 - 1923 (c.)

Description:The netting needle has the remains of a threading eye at the base and a pair of notches above for fixing the twine. This was found in a female burial.

6th Century A.D.
160mm long
1922/23 excavations (Grave 13)

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Donor ref:SBT 1923-8 (52/11698)

Source: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Museums Department

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