Tattooing instrument(?), combined spatula and prob

Tattooing instrument(?), combined spatula and probe, copper(?)

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Tattooing instrument(?), combined spatula and probe, copper(?)
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Tattooing instrument(?), combined spatula and probe, copper(?), from Congo, Central Africa, 1850-1925

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A623522
Materials:
copper, ? material
Measurements:
length 164 mm
width 13 mm
thickness 3 mm
type:
tattooing instruments