Tattooing needle with bamboo handle and bone(?) bl

Made:
New Zealand
Tattooing needle with bamboo handle and bone(?) blade

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Tattooing needle with bamboo handle and bone(?) blade
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Tattooing needle with bamboo handle and bone(?) blade, by Maori tribe, New Zealand

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A211206
Materials:
bamboo, bone, ? material and string
type:
tattooing needles
credit:
Glendining