Set of tattooing instruments

Made:
1870-1920
Set of tattooing instruments

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Set of tattooing instruments
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Set of tattooing instruments, two shafts and four blades mounted on wooden board, Polynesian, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A195876
Materials:
cane, bone, ? material, shell, ? material, mount, wood and wire
type:
tattooing instrument sets
credit:
Puttick and Simpson Limited