Object Number | P204 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kayan |
Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
Date Made | Before 1897 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Flat piece of wood carved to leave a pattern in high relief. The block is inked and pressed onto the skin as a guide for the tattooing. Possibly a version of the Kayan bead (lukut) design, tattooed on the outside of a man's wrist to stand in for the antique bead worn on a string around the wrist to ward off disease (and to serve the same function). |
Length | 10.2 cm |
Width | 5.1 cm |
Thickness | 1.3 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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