Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
5. equipment
6. [equipment by process]
7. piercing tools

Narrower term/s

• sewing needles [NP][+]
  • ball-point needles
  • bead needles
  • chenille needles
  • darning needles
  • self-threading needles
  • tapestry needles
  • sharp-point needles
  • carpet needles
  • embroidery needles
• upholstery needles [NP][+]
  • spring needles
• etching needles [NP][+]
  • echoppes
• lithographers' needles [NP]
• dental needle [NP]

Anotations

Scope note:

Relatively slender, pointed instruments used for piercing, picking, scratching, engraving, or for other purposes.Common uses of needles include to draw thread or other fiber through cloth, leather, paper, skin and tissue, or another flexible material; as hollow, to inject a liquid; for engraving or etching metal. Historically, needles have been made of bronze, iron, bone, glass, steel, and other materials.