Two elephant hair tattooing needles
Two elephant hair tattooing needles, bowed, pointed ends, black, quite stiff
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LicenseCarved wooden case oblong, with detachable lid
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Carved wooden case oblong, with detachable lid
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Carved wooden case oblong, with detachable lid, containing six tattooing instruments, two steel needles, and iron strip, two elephant hair points and a bone pin, Bushango tribe, Congolese, 1900-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657997
- Materials:
- wood
- type:
- tattooing instruments
- credit:
- Glendining
Parts
Tattooing needle, bone, thick top, pointed end
Bone tattooing needle, thick at top, tapering to point at end
Tattoing instrument, iron strip, pointed end, curved
Iron strip, pointed at end, curved
Tattoing instrument, steel, needle pointed end, spatula shaped at other end
Steel tattooing instrument, long narrow needle pointed at one end, spatulate-like instrument at other end
Tattoing instrument, steel, decorated needle one end, spatula shaped at other end
Steel tattooing instrument, long narrow needle with spatulate-like instrument at other end, needle decorated
Carved wooden case, oblong, detachable lid
Carved wooden case oblong, with detachable lid, Bushango tribe, Congolese, 1900-1930
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