Artifact Number:
 02190.003

Object:
Tattoo implement


Material:
 Shell (turtle), plant (wood, fiber)

Dimensions:
 21.9 x 0.9 x 5.8

Origin:
 Samoa, Polynesia

Comments:
 This object has been assigned a artifact number that has been duplicated. 3 of 4 objects with the same artifact number. Part of the orignal January 1891 inventory of objects from the" (Hawaiian National) Government" museum. No further information on where these implements were collected in Samoa. May have been collected by the schooner "Julia." See "Mrs. Beckley's Report on The Museum," page exlvi in the "Report ofThe Minister of Foregn Affairs to Legislative Assembly of 1884."



Collection Name: Hawaiian National Museum Collection

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