Tattooing instruments in wooden case, two steel needles, one iron strip, two elephant hair points and a bone pin

Made:
1900-1930 in Kinshasa
Tattooing instruments in wooden case, two steel needles, one iron strip, two elephant hair points and a bone pin Carved wooden case oblong, with detachable lid
Tattooing instruments in wooden case, two steel needles, one iron strip, two elephant hair points and a bone pin Carved wooden case oblong, with detachable lid

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Carved wooden case oblong, with detachable lid
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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
Measurements:
height 39 mm
length 247 mm
width 45 mm
type:
tattooing instruments
credit:
Glendining

Parts

Two elephant hair tattooing needles

Two elephant hair tattooing needles

Two elephant hair tattooing needles, bowed, pointed ends, black, quite stiff

Measurements:
max.: length 180 mm
min.: length 145 mm
Materials:
hair (elephant)
Object Number:
A657997 Pt1
type:
tattooing needles
Tattooing needle, bone, thick top, pointed end

Tattooing needle, bone, thick top, pointed end

Bone tattooing needle, thick at top, tapering to point at end

Measurements:
length 80 mm
max.: diameter 6 mm
Materials:
bone
Object Number:
A657997 Pt2
type:
tattooing needles
Tattoing instrument, iron strip, pointed end, curved

Tattoing instrument, iron strip, pointed end, curved

Iron strip, pointed at end, curved

Measurements:
length 119 mm
width 4 mm
thickness 2 mm
Materials:
iron
Object Number:
A657997 Pt3
type:
tattooing instruments
Tattoing instrument, steel, needle pointed end, spatula shaped at other end

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

Measurements:
length 166 mm
diameter 2 mm
instrument: width 4 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A657997 Pt4
type:
tattooing instruments
Tattoing instrument, steel, decorated needle one end, spatula shaped 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

Measurements:
length 178 mm
diameter 2 mm
instrument: width 6 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A657997 Pt5
type:
tattooing instruments
Carved wooden case, oblong, detachable lid

Carved wooden case, oblong, detachable lid

Carved wooden case oblong, with detachable lid, Bushango tribe, Congolese, 1900-1930

Measurements:
height 39 mm
length 247 mm
width 45 mm
Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A657997 Pt6
type:
tattooing instruments

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