Tattoo Pattern
CG180790-8162
From: Borneo | Sarawak
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | CG180790-8162 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
| 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. Design is two concentric bands of radiating slashes with an eight pointed star in center and a double curved projection on one edge. Probably a single, isolated design for a man. Possibly a version of the Kayan lukut (bead) design, for a man's wrist (see P204 and Hose and Shelford Plate IX, Fig. 10. |
| Length | 5.1 cm |
| Width | 4.9 cm |
| Thickness | 0.7 cm |
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