implement, tattoo

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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.

Nama tāpiringa: 1991.70 Whakahounga o Mua: 10 Sept 2026
Ingoa Kē

Sausau (Samoan)

Wāhi
Auckland/New Zealand
Wāhi Hāngai

Samoa/Pacific

Accession Number

1991.70

Rā Tāpiringa

30 Apr 1991

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

53807 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

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Sausau, tattoo implement, Samoa, 83507, Cultural Permissions Apply
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