Tattoo Pattern
CG180790-8173
From: Borneo | Sarawak
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | CG180790-8173 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Flat piece of wood carved to leave a pattern in high relief. The block is inked and pressed onto the skin as a guide for the tattooing. Similar to a patttern identified by Hose and Shelford as a "Kayan bead (lukut) design, tatued on the wrist of men." Motif is a an example of the Kayan lukut or bead design, tattooed on the outside of a man's wrist to stand in for the antique bead worn on a string around the wrist to ward off disease (and to serve the same function). |
Length | 8.4 cm |
Width | 3.6 cm |
Thickness | 0.8 cm |
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