Re: Re: Needles for tattooing.

From: Andrew Solovay <asolovay_at_...>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:01:51 -0700

ALISON PLACE <alison_place_at_...> wrote:
>
> ...I could easily see an argument
> that for special-purpose, sacred purposes (e.g.
> tattoos), the best smith in the clan/tribe might
> prefer to make them where the godi could bless them as
> they were made.

And keep in mind that a needle for tattooing is a lot easier to make than one for sewing. It doesn't need an eye, for example (which seems to be the most difficult and time-consuming part of the process), and it doesn't need to be particularly smooth or polished or regular-shaped, except at the very tip.

All that makes it much more plausible that a clan could make its own tattooing needles as necessary.