Pigment Container

83-18-9

From: Marshall Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 83-18-9
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Marshall Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Coconut Shell
Description

Coconut shell pigment container. Half of a small coconut shell. Part of a set of tattooing instruments from the Marshall Islands, including 3 loose needles, 2 needles in a wooden holder, 2 pigment containers and a tattooing hammer.

Length 9.8 cm
Width 7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the American Friends of the Israel Museum, 1983
Other Number N109 - Other Number | 229 - Other Number | 5343 - Other Number

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