| Object Number | P211 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kayan |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
| Date Made | ca. 1897 |
| 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. Pattern is identified by Furness as "kala asu" (scorpion dog), usually tattooed on a Kenyah or Kayan man's forearm or upper thigh. Similar to a block illustrated by Hose and Shelford as a "Kayan dog design." A single pattern, for a man's forearm or thigh. From a tatu-block in the Sarawak Museum. |
| Length | 11.3 cm |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Thickness | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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