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missuri
Entry in the main historical catalogue: Tattoo apparatus Entry in the historical catalogue: "missuri" Tattoo apparatus made of thorns. Only a man who has captured a skull may be tattooed, and only free women may show themselves with blue lines on their legs. Resin for blue tattoos = "liang- mesing"
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Cultural attribution
Ao-Naga
Object type
Tattoo machine (resin, needles)
Dimensions
Height: 24,5 cm
Depth: 1,5 cm
Width: 4 cm
Height: 4,6 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Width: 5 cm
Height: 3,2 cm
Depth: 2,5 cm
Width: 3 cm
Depth: 1,5 cm
Width: 4 cm
Height: 4,6 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Width: 5 cm
Height: 3,2 cm
Depth: 2,5 cm
Width: 3 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre, Tree needles, Resin
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 8486 a-c
Provenance and sources
when
2nd half of the 19th century
where
India [Land]
Molung Kimong [Dorf]
Nagaland [Bundesstaat]
who
Ao-Naga
Description
von Bastian, Adolf (Prof Dr) 1879
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