File:Metal needles like this one became available to American Indians through the fur trade. Why would they want metal needles (7c84f929-1dd8-b71b-0b48-deb5e589bd5c).jpg

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English: Needle (FOUS 17017)
Photographer
English: NPS photo
Title
English: Needle (FOUS 17017)
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

Metal sewing needle.

Metal needles like this one became available to American Indians through the fur trade. Why would they want metal needles instead of the ones they traditionally used? One reason might be that fur traders imported European and other fabrics that were softer and easier to work with than animal hides. Based on fur trade inventories, it’s estimated that fabrics accounted for as much as sixty percent of the trade.

  • Keywords: fort; union; trading; post; national; historic; site; artifacts; trade; plains; indians; american; artifact
Depicted place
English: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Date Taken on 21 January 2017
Accession number
7c84f929-1dd8-b71b-0b48-deb5e589bd5c
Source
English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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InfoField
FOUS
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English: Artifacts of Fort Union

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