TATTOO NEEDLES

4th century BC.
Three needles with twisted handles. Three needles with looped ends for threading.
Gold
Dimensions of the needles with twisted handles: length 10.5-12 cm, needle cross section diameter in the middle 0.1-0.15 cm;Dimensions of needles with looped ends: length 6.4-10 cm, needle cross section diameter 0.8-0.18 cm;
loop size 0.1-0.15 cm × 0.08 cm.
Mound 1, burial 2. OROM 19971/49-54.
Filippovka, Orenburg region.
Research by the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences