Tattooing Needle
50-21-125
From: Samoa Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-21-125 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Samoan |
| Provenience | Samoa Islands |
| Date Made | Before 1905 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bone | Wood | Peel | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Twelve teeth (six broken off). Handle of light wood. Blade in two parts: a plate of bone to which is tied a "comb" of boar (?) ivory. The lashings are of coconut coir. See 50-21-149 and 150. |
| Length | 24.5 cm |
| Width | 4.7 cm |
| Depth | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950 |
| Other Number | L-9-125 - Other Number |
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