Wooden needle for sewing fishing nets, inv. no. 6575/ ER 90

Wooden needle for sewing fishing nets - Inv. No. 6575/ ER 90

Material: wood

Dimensions: length 18.7 cm; width 1.2 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.