Tattooing instrument consisting of shark's tooth hafted to short cane handles and secured by fibre

Tattooing instrument consisting of shark's tooth hafted to short cane handles and secured by fibre

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Tattooing instrument consisting of shark's tooth hafted to short cane handles and secured by fibre, Oceanean, 1871-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A222472
Materials:
cane and tooth, shark's
type:
tattooing instruments
credit:
Glendining