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Needle
14550-12050 BC
National Museum and Research Centre of Altamira
Santillana del Mar (Cantabria, Spain), Spain
Needles for sewing are one of the notable inventions of the Upper Palaeolithic. They are evidence of the elaboration of the clothing from very tanned and smooth skin to make clothes tailored to the body to defend themselves from the cold.
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Details
- Title: Needle
- Date Created: 14550-12050 BC
- Provenance: Cave of El Juyo (Cantabria, Spain)
- Type: Bone industry
- External Link: CERES
- Medium: Bone
- Rights: National Museum and Research Centre of Altamira
- Cultural Context: Lower Magdalenian
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