I think this is ingenious. Take a yucca leaf, keep a few inches of the the point in tact and expose the fiber along the rest of the leaf. Presto! A pre-threaded needle.

This artifact is on display at Tonto National Monument cliff dwelling and is credited to the Sinagua / Hohokam people.

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