John White Collection

Unfinished needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp, with no eye at the proximal end.

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp, no eye at proximal end.

Unfinished needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp, no eye at proximal end.

Unfinished needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp, no eye at proximal end. Cracked along length.

Unfinished needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. Proximal end is slightly reduced in thickness, with a long "V" shaped notch cut into it.

Unfinished needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness is reduced at the proximal end

Unfinished needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is pointed, but blunt. There is a slight curve to the shaft and no eye at the proximal end.

Complete bone point or shellfish picker. Pointed at both ends and manufactured from hollow bone. Split at one end.

Worked bone, length of hollow bone decorated with groups of three striations at even spaces down each side. One end is heavily chipped and cracked.

Complete awl, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. There are groups of notches along the top and bottom. Ten groups, each with between five and nine notches. Epiphysis remaining on the proximal end.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Thickness reduced at the proximal end, with a drilled, circular eye.

Complete needle, manufactured from hollow bone. Distal end is sharp. There is a small section of chevron patterned striations on the proximal end below the eye. There is a drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.