Tattooing instrument

Tattooing instrument, combined spatula and probe

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Tattooing instrument, combined spatula and probe
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Tattooing instrument, combined spatula and probe, steel and copper wire, from West Africa, 1850-1930

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A623495
Materials:
steel and copper, wire
Measurements:
length 144 mm
width 10 mm
max: thickness 4 mm
type:
tattooing instruments