missuri

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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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Ao-Naga
Object type
Tattoo machine (resin, needles)
Dimensions
Objektmaß: a) 24,5 x 4 x 1,5 cm
Objektmaß: b) 4,6 x 5 x 2 cm , Nadeln
Objektmaß: c) 3,2 x 3 x 2,5 cm , plus drei Bruchstücke
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

who
Bastian, Adolf - Collectors

Description
von Bastian, Adolf (Prof Dr) 1879

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