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Instruments for traditional Pacific Island tattoos: hāhau (tapping stick) made of ulei wood, moli (tattoo tool) made of wood and bone, and apu paʻu (ink bowl), made of jade. Date unknown.

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Haa900. (2019, May 20). Traditional Pacific Island Tattoo Tools. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10737/traditional-pacific-island-tattoo-tools/

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Haa900. "Traditional Pacific Island Tattoo Tools." World History Encyclopedia, May 20, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10737/traditional-pacific-island-tattoo-tools/.

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Haa900. "Traditional Pacific Island Tattoo Tools." World History Encyclopedia, 20 May 2019, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10737/traditional-pacific-island-tattoo-tools/.

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