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Tattoo mallet. This tattooing instrument is a mallet. It is made of wood and is used to tap the tattoo chisel into the skin.
This tattooing instrument is a mallet. It is made of wood and is used to tap the tattoo chisel into the skin. It must be used with great skill as the amount of bleeding is controlled this way.
Accession number: 1991.70 Last Update: 10 Sept 2026
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- Te reo Name
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- Common Name
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- Other Name
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Sausau (Samoan)
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- Description
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- Place
- Auckland/New Zealand
- Field Collection Place
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- Field Collection Site
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- Collection Date
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- Field Collection Date
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- Accession Number
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1991.70
- Accession Date
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30 Apr 1991
- Other Id
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53807 (ethnology)
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- Department
- Display Room
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- Restriction
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