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Tattooing Pigment in shell
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Tattooing Pigment in shell

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Tattooing Pigment in shell, Sāmoa, maker unknown. © The copyright holder. We are actively seeking the copyright holder. Contact copyright@tepapa.govt.nz if you can help. Te Papa (FE010741). Overall: 80mm (width), 40mm (height), 100mm (length)
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11 May 2016
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Sāmoa
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Soot gathering

By Guest | Wellington | 4 Jul 2024

The soot is prepared by burning candlenuts and collecting the soot on the underside of a rock or stone. The soot is then scraped off the rock and mixed into a liquid to be used for tattooing ink. In recent decades commercially made ink has become more widely used by tattooists.

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