A cylindrical copper-alloy needle fragment with shaft that breaks before the eye found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
A copper-alloy needle fragment found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

A cylindrical copper-alloy needle fragment with shaft that breaks before the eye found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge A cylindrical copper-alloy needle fragment with shaft that breaks before the eye found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Copper-Alloy Needle (CM. 1845-2008)

A copper-alloy needle fragment found in Torksey, Lincolnshire

A cylindrical copper-alloy needle fragment with a broken shaft. Needles were a common textile tool and could be made from bone, metal or wood. They are usually associated with women and finds like this indicate that the inhabitants of the Viking camp at Torksey included women and children alongside the warriors of the Great Heathen Army.

Object Type

Needle

Date

circa 900 — 1000

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Keywords

copper_alloy, Danelaw Saga, Fitzwilliam_Museum, Lincolnshire, needle, textile_production, Torksey, women

Further information

You can see the original at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

This object is related to Torksey, Lincolnshire.
Find out about Torksey, Lincolnshire.

Acknowledgements

© The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

References

The Fitzwilliam Museum

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