Needle

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
In 1974 Waikato Museum acquired a selection of items, including this needle, from Graham Jackson. Jackson was a New Zealand anthropologist who spent time living with and researching the Kopon and the Kalam people of the Lower Kaironk Valley in Papua New Guinea.

Jackson fieldnotes: Needle made of a bird feather. Wayon = Cassowary. Byk not known to have literal meaning. This needle is made from the rudimentary wing feathers of the cassowary. Probably only manufactured by men. Used probably by both sexes.
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Object detail

Maker
Media/Materials
Cassowary feather.
Measurements
185 x 3 x 3mm - LxWxD
Production place
Lower Kaironk Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Collection
Graham Jackson Collection/New Guinea Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1974/64/54

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