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Description
- 280 pages
- 6 x 9 inches
- Illustrated with more than 250 color & black and white images, including a dozen new photographs
- Examines the history and significance of Indigenous tattoos and especially female practitioners << the first volume on the subject
- Designs from around the globe offer enthusiasts many new ideas
- Fully referenced and indexed
- Soft Cover Bound
- ISBN 9781898948759
- Bennett & Bloom Publishers
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Contents
Originally published in 2007 and revised for 2025, this lavishly illustrated account of the vanishing art of women’s tribal tattooing is the record of tattoo anthropologist Lars Krutak’s early research on Indigenous tattooing traditions around the globe. Spanning five continents, The Tattooing Arts of Tribal Women explores the personal and collective acts of human transformation through the tradition of indelible marking among Indigenous peoples, past and present.
Throughout history, women have tattooed human skin to beautify, heal, empower, or carry the body into the afterlife. Tattoo bearers were participants in shared pain and recuperation, and the skin was the location where their identity and experience met. A woman’s tattoos anchored Indigenous values on the skin by creating a living canvas rooted in traditional practice. As ritual, tattooing re-enacted oral traditions by imitating the actions of the gods and ancestors who sacrificed their own skins to make them more lasting and sacred.
With more than 250 images, including new color and black and white photography, The Tattooing Arts of Tribal Women not only examines the history and significance of tattooing through a comparative study of tattoo patterns and techniques, but also through interviews with the Indigenous people who created them. The result is a comprehensive overview that establishes new ways of seeing and reading the messages encoded in ancient and more contemporary forms of tattooing.
Chapters
- Introduction
- North Africa, Iraq, and the Balkans
- Taiwan and Borneo
- Papua New Guinea and Easter Island
- Japan, Northwest Coast, and Arctic
- South America, California, and the American Southwest
- Conclusion: Marks of Transformation
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