| Object Number | P225 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kayan |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Flat piece of wood carved to leave a pattern in high relief. Such blocks are inked and pressed onto the skin as a guide for the tattooing. Carved at one end with a version of the Kayan aso (dog) design, for a Kayan man's forearm or upper thigh. Also, more shallowly engraved, a geometric design identified by Furness as a design for the inside of a Kenyah woman's forearm. The latter also appears in a drawing in Furness's Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters .This wooden block, including designs for both men and women, may be a sampler made for Furness. |
| Length | 49.5 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
| Other Number | 106 - Other Number |
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