Tattooing Needle
50-21-125
From: Samoa Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 50-21-125 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Samoan |
Provenience | Samoa Islands |
Date Made | Before 1905 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bone | Wood | Peel | Plant Fiber |
Description | Twelve teeth (six broken off). Handle of light wood. Blade in two parts: a plate of bone to which is tied a "comb" of boar (?) ivory. The lashings are of coconut coir. See 50-21-149 and 150. |
Length | 24.5 cm |
Width | 4.7 cm |
Depth | 2 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950 |
Other Number | L-9-125 - Other Number |
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