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Tattooing instrument

Description

Tattooing instrument formed from a spatulate piece of hardwood, perforated: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Museum reference

A.UC.539

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Tattooing instrument

Production information

Fiji, Polynesia

Style / Culture

Fijian
Pacific Peoples
Melanesian

Materials

Hardwood

Physical description

Hardwood; spatulate, perforated

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