Tattooing set consisting of fibre brush and wooden blade-handle

Made:
1970-1910
Tattooing set consisting of fibre brush and wooden blade-handle

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Tattooing set consisting of fibre brush and wooden blade-handle
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Tattooing set consisting of fibre brush and wooden blade-handle, from Gilbert Islands, 1870-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655846
Materials:
fibre and wood
Measurements:
brush: length 300 mm
brush, max: diameter 23 mm
handle: length 180 mm
handle: diameter 13 mm
type:
tattooing instrument sets
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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