Tattooing-Rakes (Halit' Or Halmet) And Container
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Sep 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Interior
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "A. Handle of light wood (hibiscus?) tapering from 3/8" wide at rake end to 5/8" wide at other end. Rake of bird bone, flat, upper end cut off square, tapering somewhat to teeth, which are three in number. End of handle is mitered to receive rake, which is lashed to handle with a fine 2-ply twine. B. Handle similar to "A" above, tapers from 3/8" to 3/4", 6 3/4" long. End not mitered but cut in two steps to produce peg which passes through perforation at upper end of rake. Rake of curved bird bone, four teeth; lashed similarly to "A". C. Container for rakes. Block, of very light wood, bearing on upper side two channels to lay the ends of the rake handles in, and a deeper hollow for the toothed rakes. 3 1/2" x 2"."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Aug 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ifalik
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 220836
label: USNM Number
content: E394793-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tattoo Set