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Concept

Tattooing

Images

  • 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
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Catalogue

    • Books

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

    Noah, N. D. (Norman D.) | Date: 1983
    • Books

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

    DeMello, Margo. | Date: 2000
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Female patient of the Salpetriere with marking on her front

    M Lannois
    • Books

    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.

    Ebensten, Hanns | Date: 1954
    • Books

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

    Polhemus, Ted. | Date: 2000
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