Set of tattooing instruments
- Made:
- 1870-1920
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Set of tattooing instruments, two shafts and four blades mounted on wooden board, Polynesian, 1870-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A195876
- Materials:
- cane, bone, ? material, shell, ? material, mount, wood and wire
- Measurements:
-
shaft: length 135 mm
shaft: diameter 12 mm
blade, max: length 63 mm
blade, max: width 11 mm
blade, min: width 5 mm
mount: length 154 mm
mount: width 87 mm
- credit:
- Puttick and Simpson Limited
