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uwhi

human history
  • Other Name

    tattoo chisel blade (English)

  • Description

    tattoo chisel blade. Unfinished. Tapers at 1 end, reminiscent of the tooth of a bone comb but at the other end has a cut mark across 1 side of the object near the end, with a reduction in thickness through filing. Possibly a chisel blank showing blade preparation. Width blade 6 mm, width butt 3 mm. Similar to 19567.52.

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Accession Number
    1933.379
  • Other Id

    19642.6 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

uwhi 19642.6

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