Tattooing Needle

50-21-127

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 50-21-127
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Samoan
Provenience Samoa Islands
Date Made Before 1905
Section Oceanian
Materials Bone | Wood | Peel | Turtle Shell
Description

One tooth broken off, four remaining. For construction and materials cf. 50-21-125. The plate to which the "comb" is fastened appears to be of tortoiseshell. See 50-21-149 and 150.

Length 22.3 cm
Width 5 cm
Depth 0.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950
Other Number L-9-127 - Other Number

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