Wax model of woman's arm, to show tattooing. In five pieces. The hand has broken off from the arm. Three fingers have broken off from the hand. Labels attached to parts of the design indicating the names and their translations or menaing. These include: 'Beliling bulan: full moons'; 'Dulang harok (?):bow of boat' (this motif and label twice). The notes may have been written by Charles Hose. See 5.521.
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