A cylindrical needle fragment with a broken shaft, from Torksey

An image of Tool. A cylindrical copper-alloy needle fragment with a broken shaft. The eye is circular and punched through a flattened section. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. 500-1499.

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Tool. A cylindrical copper-alloy needle fragment with a broken shaft. The eye is circular and punched through a flattened section. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. 500-1499.

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Accession Number: CM.1844-2008
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 275 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 119.33kB
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:11:15 13:33:37

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copper alloy cylindrical Fitz_CM fragment Medieval needle tool tools Torksey

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