- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Tattooing tool, shaped like an adze. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 02/09/2010]
- Long description
- Tattooing tool, shaped like an adze. The wooden handle is pointed at one end and paddle-shaped at the other, with a perforation. A serrated blade of ?shell is bound to the pointed end with plant fibre. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 02/09/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Society Islands Tahiti
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1874
- Date collected
- Prior to 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Shell, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 107 mm, Width: max 45 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.85.8 PR Cat other PR nos: 3163
Search terms: Tool, Body Art, Tattooing Accessory, Body Art Accessory
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