Tattooing Needle
50-21-127
From: Samoa Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-21-127 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Samoan |
| Provenience | Samoa Islands |
| Date Made | Before 1905 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bone | Wood | Peel | Turtle Shell |
| Description | One tooth broken off, four remaining. For construction and materials cf. 50-21-125. The plate to which the "comb" is fastened appears to be of tortoiseshell. See 50-21-149 and 150. |
| Length | 22.3 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Depth | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950 |
| Other Number | L-9-127 - Other Number |
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