- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Tattooing apparatus: holder, a cylindrical piece of brass. [attached to 1894.27.41 .2 & .3]. [FB 30/10/2013]
- Long description
- From conservation card by Robert Pearce 25.04.2001: Length of Cu alloy sheet rolled and soldered down length to form slightly tapering tube. Thick cu alloy wire wound one around each end and thinner cu alloy wire would at least six times around each end, held in place with solder. [FC 19/02/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1894
- Date collected
- By 1894
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1894
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Length 389 mm total, Length 209 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1894.27.41.2
- Research and responses
This object was studied by Georg Noack, Senior Curator, Linden-Museum Stuttgart, on 19 July 2013. Burmese men used to be tattooed from waist to knees. Having tattoos was a symbol of manhood. [MJD 19/07/2013]
- Associated publications
- Reproduced in colour on page 199 of the exhibition catalogue 'Myanmar the Golden Land' with the catalogue number 85 with the entry 'Tattooing tool. Historical tattooing tool collected by Sir Ricahrd C. Temple between 1887 and 1894. Metal. Top: L: 16 cm; handle: L:21 cm; Weight: L: 7, 8, 8cm. Myanmar, 1890. Pitt Rivers Museum University of Oxford. Inv.-Nr. 1894.27.41 .1. 1894.27.41 .2. 1894.27.41 .3. Photo: Malcolm Osman. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, 18th October 2014 - 17th May 2015. [FB 14/11/2014]
Search terms: Body Art, Tool, Tattooing Accessory, Body Art Accessory