Bone blade lashed to carved wooden handle

Made:
New Zealand
Bone blade lashed to carved wooden handle, Maori, New Zealand

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Bone blade lashed to carved wooden handle, Maori, New Zealand
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Bone blade lashed to carved wooden handle, Maori, New Zealand

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A642974
Materials:
wood, bone and cord
type:
tattooing chisels
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)