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A guide to hygienic skin piercing : tattoos, acupuncture, ear piercing, hair electrolysis / by Norman D. Noah.
Noah, N. D. (Norman D.)Date: 1983
Ephemera
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[Undated newspaper cutting (early 19th century?) about Dock, the Wild Indian Venus, a Brazilian of the Butucudos tribe with a lower lip plate and ear tips resting on her shoulders, to be seen "at the Crown Hotel". ].
Date: [between 1800 and 1850?]
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The customized body / Ted Polhemus ; photography by Housk Randall.
Ted PolhemusDate: 2000
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Borneo: a Kenyah man demonstrating the blowpipe, Sarawak, North Borneo. Photograph attributed to Charles Hose.
Charles HoseDate: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663405i
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Sadomasochism leather gear including a mask, a dildo, handcuffs, nipple piercing chains, a collar and a whip; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by J. Mang and trash line design for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 676858i
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A bare-chested man against a brick wall wearing sadomasochism gear including leather trousers, a leather jacket, a leather belt across his chest, a pierced nipple and a belt bearing an eagle logo; with the message in German: ''randy on safer sex'; an advertisement for safer hard sex by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, sponsored by Loge 70 Schweiz. Colour lithograph by Hans Wilner.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 674987i
Ephemera
AIDS ephemera : France. Box 2.
Pictures
Naga people from the Naga Hills, Assam.
Bourne & ShepherdDate: [approximately 1920]Reference: 3307407i
Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
Ephemera
20 yrs sex mad babe pierced & shaven : warm moist & waiting : new in town.
Date: [1999]
Ephemera
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AIDS : guidelines for ear piercers : don't die of ignorance / prepared by the Department of Health and Social Security and the Central Office of Information.
Date: 1987
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Borneo: a Dyak man demonstrating the blowpipe. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663403i
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A woman and a girl having an ear and a nose pierced, a boy receiving stitches on his arm and a man having his hair cut, another a shave; a warning about the dangers of using unsterilized equipment and contracting the HIV virus by Spitnacs, Societal Projects Information Training Networking and Consultancy Services. Colour lithograph, ca 1997.
Date: [1997?]Reference: 677395i
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Body piercing, un style : infections, hépatites B et C : protège-toi ! / réalisé par A.S.U.D. avec le soutien de la DDASS de Paris.
Date: [between 2010 and 2014?]
Books
Adornment : what self-decoration tells us about who we are / Stephen Davies.
Stephen DaviesDate: 2020
Pictures
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China: a chair equipped with blades for performances by mediums (tangki). Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 663429i
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Head of a man with ear- and nose-rings and a tattoo, with advice on piercing and tattoing practices which do not lead to AIDS. Colour lithograph after Andrew Dineley, 1992.
Dineley, AndrewDate: 1992Reference: 25412i
Ephemera
Sex ephemera : Sex worker phonebox cards. Box 12.
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A ring incorporating the words 'class of 90'; advertisement by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.
Date: 90[1990]Reference: 667739i
Pictures
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Sadomasochism leather gear including a mask, a dildo, handcuffs, nipple piercing chains, a collar and a whip; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by J. Mang and Trash Line Design for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 673753i
Pictures
A naked man with a snake tattoo on one buttock wearing boots and socks bends over as another man in camouflage trousers and pierced nipples places a hand on his other buttock; with the statement in German 'Be so kind!'; one of 9 safe-sex advertisements for the AIDS-Hilfe Wien. Colour lithograph by Matthias Hermann, ca. 1995.
Matthias HerrmannDate: [1995?]Reference: 675200i
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Borneo: a boy with a nail (palang) through his penis. Photograph by Harrison W. Smith.
Q136687930Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 646151i
Ephemera
20 yrs sex mad babe pierced & shaven : warm moist & waiting : new in town.
Date: [1999]
Pictures
Online
A Muslim man accompanied by a boy: both with rods and chains piercing their bodies at the festival of Muharram in Shusha, Azerbaijan (?). Etching by R.R. after H. Koch, ca. 1878.
Koch, H., active approximately 1878.Date: 1878Reference: 567717i
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A bare-chested man against a brick wall wearing sadomasochism gear including leather trousers, a studded arm strap, a cap and a pierced nipple, pierces his thumb with the sharp end of a knife; with the front cover of a brochure with the title 'Safer Sex Hard'; an advertisement for safer hard sex by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, AIDS Suisse Contre le SIDA and Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Colour lithograph by Hans Winer and Loge 70.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 674986i
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A young green-eyed woman with face piercings and a tattoo on her arm, advertising safety and hygiene in skin piercing. Colour lithograph after M. Steger, ca. 2003.
Steger, Marcel (Photographer)Date: [2003?]Reference: 723676i

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

[Undated newspaper cutting (early 19th century?) about Dock, the Wild Indian Venus, a Brazilian of the Butucudos tribe with a lower lip plate and ear tips resting on her shoulders, to be seen "at the Crown Hotel". ].

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

Borneo: a Kenyah man demonstrating the blowpipe, Sarawak, North Borneo. Photograph attributed to Charles Hose.

Sadomasochism leather gear including a mask, a dildo, handcuffs, nipple piercing chains, a collar and a whip; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by J. Mang and trash line design for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

AIDS ephemera : France. Box 2.

Naga people from the Naga Hills, Assam.

20 yrs sex mad babe pierced & shaven : warm moist & waiting : new in town.

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

Borneo: a Dyak man demonstrating the blowpipe. Photograph, 19--.

Body piercing, un style : infections, hépatites B et C : protège-toi ! / réalisé par A.S.U.D. avec le soutien de la DDASS de Paris.

Adornment : what self-decoration tells us about who we are / Stephen Davies.

China: a chair equipped with blades for performances by mediums (tangki). Photograph, 19--.

Head of a man with ear- and nose-rings and a tattoo, with advice on piercing and tattoing practices which do not lead to AIDS. Colour lithograph after Andrew Dineley, 1992.

Sex ephemera : Sex worker phonebox cards. Box 12.

A ring incorporating the words 'class of 90'; advertisement by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.

Sadomasochism leather gear including a mask, a dildo, handcuffs, nipple piercing chains, a collar and a whip; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by J. Mang and Trash Line Design for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

Borneo: a boy with a nail (palang) through his penis. Photograph by Harrison W. Smith.

20 yrs sex mad babe pierced & shaven : warm moist & waiting : new in town.

A Muslim man accompanied by a boy: both with rods and chains piercing their bodies at the festival of Muharram in Shusha, Azerbaijan (?). Etching by R.R. after H. Koch, ca. 1878.

A young green-eyed woman with face piercings and a tattoo on her arm, advertising safety and hygiene in skin piercing. Colour lithograph after M. Steger, ca. 2003.