Tattooing instrument

Tattooing instrument

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Tattooing instrument, point missing, consisting of cane handle with split cane and fibre head, from Society Islands, 1871-1925

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A222471
Materials:
cane and fibre
Measurements:
length 187 mm
diameter 11 mm
width 13 mm
type:
tattooing instruments
credit:
Glendining