Tattooing Needle
50-21-127
From: Samoa Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
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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