- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Tattooing needles mounted into a wooden handle.
- Cultural groups
- Kayan
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1907
- Date collected
- Before 1907
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1907
- Dimensions
- Length 250 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1907.83.3
Search terms: Body Art, Tool, Tattooing Accessory, Body Art Accessory
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