Tattooing adze
Marks on the skin were made by tapping the blade dipped in black pigment with a hammer. Tattooing was performed by women upon women, on fingers and around the mouth and genital areas. It was a very painful procedure. This item was collected in 1865 by John Gould Veitch.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- E1915
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Collection Area Region
- POLYN
- Material
- bonecanecoconut fibre
- Common Name
- tattooing adze
- Simple Name
- tattooing adze
- Production Country
- Fiji
