Pins & Needles

Needles

Needles on Heraldic Art.

 

Needle (Louvre AF 1421). Egypt - 899

Copper needle (Brooklyn Museum 41.1275.130d). Peru - 1000-1532

Bone needle (Museum für Islamische Kunst Ta 34). Israel - 13th-14th C.

Copper alloy needle (Museum für Islamische Kunst Ta 2233). Israel - 13th-14th C.


Pins

Bone pin (Ashmolean AN1994.50). Scotland - 750-1066

Ring pin (Ashmolean AN1927.106). Ireland - 750-1066

Pin (Ashmolean AN1893.138). Ireland -  9th-10th C.

Ring pin (Ashmolean AN1893.136). Ireland -  9th-10th C.

Hummingbird tupu (Brooklyn Museum 86.224.89). Peru - 1000-1500

Pin (Brooklyn Museum 70.177.31). Peru - 1000-1500

Silver bird tupu (Brooklyn Museum 86.224.185). Peru - 1000-1500

Silver tupu (Brooklyn Museum 86.224.186). Peru - 1000-1500

Tupu (Brooklyn Museum 86.224.88). Peru - 1000-1500

Large decorative pin (Kunstgewerbemuseum O-1961,54). Germany - 1st half of 11th C. 

Small decorative pin (Kunstgewerbemuseum O-1961,55). Germany - 1st half of 11th C. 

Pin (Brooklyn Museum 86.224.183). Peru - 1100-1400

Deer tupu (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2001.1379). Peru – 1100-1450

Slitted pin (Louvre Br 6284; MG 22464.1). 1300-1500

Copper alloy tupu (The Met 64.228.701). Peru - 1400–1535

Gold tupu (Ethnologisches Museum V A 28892 b1). Peru - 1450-1550 

Aurei (cloak pin) (Museum of New Zealand ME007411/4). Aotearoa - 1500-1800 

Aurei (cloak pin) (Museum of New Zealand ME004966). Aotearoa - 1500-1850 

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