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Object Number 08-36-70/74362
Display Title Double-pointed tatooing instruments
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tools, tatoo pens, reed handles tapered one end, wrapped with cloth, resin
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ifugao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Eastern Lepanto
Dimensions Overall: 10.2 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (4 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 74362
Provenance
Collector H. Otley Beyer (1906-1907)
Collector Tuganai Pait (1906-1907)
Donor Donated by Unknown (August 1908)

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