Gold and Silver Acupuncture Needles
Western Han Dynasty,from the same source
There are 4 gold and 6 silver needles．They have been identified with the canonical forms of acupuncture needles listed in Chapter 1,"The Nine Needles and 12 Origins,"of the Divine Pivot．One of the four intact gold needles is of the blunt(di) type,one is of the pointed(feng) type．while the remaining two are filiform(hao)．The silver needles are too damaged to be classified． (Collection of Hebei Provincial Museum.)