Needle

vor 1900

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Pandanus leaves were sewn together using special needles fashioned from bone and used to cover roofs. This demanding and time-consuming work was usually undertaken by women. Once the roof had been woven together, it would be fastened to the house. According to the collector Antonie Brandeis, the needle displayed here was made from a dolphin’s jawbone.

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