Pre Colombian needle case and Nasca needle case
Pre Colombian needle case and Nasca needle case
Pre Colombian needle case and Nasca needle case
Pre Colombian needle case and Nasca needle case
Pre Colombian needle case and Nasca needle case
Pre Colombian needle case and Nasca needle case
Pre Colombian needle case and Nasca needle case
Pre Colombian needle case and Nasca needle case

X66.1968 and X86.2897 Needle cases

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Needle case (left)
Camarones, Chile
Pre Colombian, date unknown
Leather or skin
16 x 5 cm
Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum purchase. X66.1968

 

Needle case (right)
Nasca culture, south coast of Peru
Early Intermediate Period, 100-600 CE
Reeds, cactus
13 x 3 cm
Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Lucas Jr. X86.2897

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Cases such as these were used to protect fine needles.

Source: Elena Phipps, The Peruvian Four-Selvaged Cloth. Ancient Threads / New Directions. Fowler Museum Textile Series, No. 12, Los Angeles, 2013

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