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