| Object Number | P204 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kayan |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
| Date Made | Before 1897 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Flat piece of wood carved to leave a pattern in high relief. The block is inked and pressed onto the skin as a guide for the tattooing. Possibly a version of the Kayan bead (lukut) design, tattooed on the outside of a man's wrist to stand in for the antique bead worn on a string around the wrist to ward off disease (and to serve the same function). |
| Length | 10.2 cm |
| Width | 5.1 cm |
| Thickness | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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