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Description: | Used for scarifying the skin. The sharp shark teeth create permanently raised scars. These patterns are considered beautiful to look at and form an important aspect of a person's identity. From James Cook's Third Voyage, 1778 or 1779. - - Hawaii, USA, POLYN, Pacific | Format: | text/html | License: | http://rammuseum.org.uk/legal | Publisher: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Rights holder: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Subjects: | Personal ornament Ethnography | Source: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum | Creator: | Not specified | Identifier: | http://rammcollections.org.uk/content/ca... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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