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Object Number 00-8-70/55447
Display Title Implement for sharpening tatooing needles #55448
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, carved bone, rectangular, tapered rounded end, white material at tip
Classification
  • Mechanical
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Materials Bone?
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 1.5 x 1 cm (3 15/16 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55447
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Handle for tatooing needles 55448
00-8-70/55449 Handle for tatooing needles 55448
Tools
Marshall Islands
Tatooing needles fitting handle 55449
00-8-70/55448 Tatooing needles fitting handle 55449
Needle
Marshall Islands
Razor or tatooing chisel
17-41-50/B1684 Razor or tatooing chisel
Knife
Congo
Razor or tatooing chisel
17-41-50/B1685 Razor or tatooing chisel
Knife
Congo
Double-pointed tatooing instruments
08-36-70/74362 Double-pointed tatooing instruments
Tools
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Mat needles
00-8-70/55478 Mat needles
Needle
Likiep Atoll
Mat needles
00-8-70/55498 Mat needles
Needle
Jaluit Atoll
Mat needles
00-8-70/55478.1 Mat needles
Needle
Likiep Atoll
Mat needles
05-7-10/65505 Mat needles
Needle
Washington
Bone needles & pins
12-10-40/E2458 Bone needles & pins
Pin
France
Bone needles & pins
12-10-40/E2456 Bone needles & pins
Pin
France
Bone sail needles
02-20-60/62066 Bone sail needles
Needle
Maldive Islands