Set of 5 steel tattooing instruments for drawing "Uli" on the body (mma Nwa Nwuli)

Made:
1880-1920
Set of 5 steel tattooing instruments for drawing Uli' on the

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Set of 5 steel tattooing instruments for drawing Uli' on the
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Set of 5 steel tattooing instruments for drawing "Uli" on the body (mma Nwa Nwuli) also used in painting the body with dyes from juices, Southern Nigerian, 1880-c. 1920; all 5 instruments identical, slight differences in size 17 cm between longest and shortest

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A120163
Materials:
steel
type:
tattooing instruments
credit:
Jeffreys, M.D.W.