Modification of the skin consisting of images created by ink placed in human skin, permanently or semi-permanently

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Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing

Wonderland Whitechapel Road (next St. Mary's Station) ... Whit Monday May 25th and during the week : Great attractions entire change ... Rabbi Joselman ... Mr. A. Broadhurst the surprise of the Chicago exhibition, with a beard over 7 feet long and a moustache 3 feet in length : Wonderful living freak of nature, the armless Midget Lady stands only 32 inches in height, born without hands or arms, and goes through a marvellous performance with her feet ...

The criminal / by Havelock Ellis.

M0015082: Bronze tattoing needles mounted in bone, Illustration of Iron Age

A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a heart with an arrow through it and the date of the 19th May 91

AIDS : guidelines for tattooists : don't die of ignorance / prepared by the Department of Health and Social Security and the Central Office of Information.

New Guinea / Royal Interocean Lines.

A tattoo on a piece of human skin showng a Greek style bust of an Emperor and some writing

M0005575: Illustrations with the caption "Tattoo designs used in medicine"

Guys like him don't have HIV : I reckon he has HIV like me : Don't assume you're both thinking the same thing / Terrence Higgins Trust.

A guide to hygienic skin piercing : tattoos, acupuncture, ear piercing, hair electrolysis / by Norman D. Noah.

Bodies of inscription : a cultural history of the modern tattoo community / Margo DeMello.

Female patient of the Salpetriere with marking on her front

Pierced hearts and true love : an illustrated history of the origin and development of European tattooing : and a survey of its present state / by Hanns Ebensten.

The customized body / Ted Polhemus ; photography by Housk Randall.

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Tattooing

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tattooing

Works from the collections

A guide to hygienic skin piercing : tattoos, acupuncture, ear piercing, hair electrolysis / by Norman D. Noah.

Bodies of inscription : a cultural history of the modern tattoo community / Margo DeMello.

Female patient of the Salpetriere with marking on her front

Pierced hearts and true love : an illustrated history of the origin and development of European tattooing : and a survey of its present state / by Hanns Ebensten.

The customized body / Ted Polhemus ; photography by Housk Randall.

Tattooing

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tattooing

Works from the collections

A guide to hygienic skin piercing : tattoos, acupuncture, ear piercing, hair electrolysis / by Norman D. Noah.

Bodies of inscription : a cultural history of the modern tattoo community / Margo DeMello.

Female patient of the Salpetriere with marking on her front

Pierced hearts and true love : an illustrated history of the origin and development of European tattooing : and a survey of its present state / by Hanns Ebensten.

The customized body / Ted Polhemus ; photography by Housk Randall.

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