Electrical Tattooing Cabinet with Tattoo Equipment

A white painted wooden cabinet with two doors bears the words ELECTRICAL and TATTOOING in red letters, flanked by painted snakes, daggers and flowers. In front stand a red tray of tattoo needles, a dark metal box, a tattoo machine, and two glass bottles with labels.

Artist

Unidentified

Date

ca. 1920s-1930s

Medium

painted wood with iron and brass trim and electrical fittings, tattooing needles and ink, paper card, labels, metal box, and glass bottles

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

3000 × 2464 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum