Weaving Tool

Flake of bone tapered to a point at one end. It appears to be a tool used for weaving textiles on a loom, sometimes called a ‘pin beater’. This bone tool was used to push up the weft yarns to create tighter fabric. Marked in pencil "Kahun XII WMFP". From the 1890 excavations of W. M. Flinders Petrie at the ancient town of Lahun, which flourished in the 19th and 18th centuries BC, around the pyramid complex of King Senusret II. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Adhesive on surface, scratched, worn.