Wooden needle for sewing fishing nets, inv no. 4393/ ER 109

Wooden needle for sewing fishing nets, Item No. 4393/ ER 109

Material: wood

Dimensions: length 15.3 cm; width 0.8 cm

 

Wooden needle with which fishermen were knitting, sewing, and patching flaxen, cotton, and hemp fishing nets. Some needles were also made of cow horns.