Tattooing Needle
21434
From: Japan | Ryukyu Islands | Oshima
Curatorial Section: Asian
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Object Number
21434
Current Location
Collections Storage
Culture
Ryukyuan
Provenience
Japan | Ryukyu Islands | Oshima
Section
Asian
Materials
Metal | Cotton Cloth | Cord
Description
Three points. Three cemented together.
Height
2 cm
Length
6 cm
Width
2.5 cm
Credit Line
Gift of William Henry Furness 3rd, 1898
Other Number
197 - Other Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
Krutak, Lars. Tattoo Traditions of Asia: Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Indentity . Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2024. See: pg. 31, Fig. 12
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Yamamoto, Yoshimi, Yoshimi Yamamoto, Makiko Kuwahara, and Fumihiko Tsumura. "どうやって調べるか? ウィリアム・ファーネスとイレズミを例にして―横浜、奄美、沖縄、ボルネオ、ヤップ." 身体を彫る、世界を印す ――イレズミ・タトゥーの人類学 . (2022): 186-211. See: pg. 195, Fig. 1
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Report of Survey of Okinawan Cultural Properties in the U.S.A. . Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education, 1996. See: pg. 51View related objects
"Collections and Publications." Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art II, no. 1. (1899): 39-50. See: pg. 48-49, Fig. 43
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