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Category: magical tattooing

May 17, 2022May 19, 2022

TATTOOS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

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July 6, 2020July 8, 2020

PRE-COLUMBIAN TATTOOS OF WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA

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August 16, 2019August 8, 2020

NAGA TATTOOS OF MYANMAR

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February 14, 2018January 13, 2019

PAIWAN TATTOO REVIVAL IN TAIWAN

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February 14, 2018February 15, 2018

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL: WOMEN’S TATTOOS OF COASTAL PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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July 2, 2017February 9, 2018

A JOURNEY TO SPIRITUALITY: AJARN MATTHIEU DUQUENOIS

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Documenting the History of Tattoo one Mark at a Time
Tattoo Anthropologist / Author / Curator

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In the Hydrographers Range of SE Papua New Guinea, In the Hydrographers Range of SE Papua New Guinea, an ancient male initiation ritual culminated in the receipt of hand-tapped tattoos (kuije kanan, "thorn hit") by male experts. Today, perhaps less than two dozen of these tattoo bearers remain. For details, please see my article "THORN HIT: Managalase Tattoos of Papua New Guinea" via www.larskrutak.com (posted in Story). 
Cover: Joseph Jo’o / Kweno village, 2012. © Lars Krutak
Film: (1985) "Kuije Kanan (Thorn Hit): Managalase Tattooing" courtesy of John Caldwell & William McKellin
End: Lancelot / Sila village with drawings of his tattoos, 2012. © Lars Krutak
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Poi Mirang Pai, a Kenyah aristocrat and perhaps th Poi Mirang Pai, a Kenyah aristocrat and perhaps the last fully tattooed member of the royal family of the Uma Bakah clans, Sarawak. She bears various tattooing motifs reserved for her lofty social status including the face of Bungan Malan, the Goddess of Creation. 2011. © Lars Krutak. **More info on Kenyah tattooing coming later this year in my new book on Indigenous tattoos of Asia by the University of Hawai'i Press - mahalo! 
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Tattooed Yonkon Naga women, Sagaing Region, northw Tattooed Yonkon Naga women, Sagaing Region, northwest Myanmar. 2014. © Lars Krutak. #tattoo #tattoos #yonkon #myanmar #sagaing #facialtattoo #inked #indigenous #heritage #culture #bodyart #visualart #tattoohistory #asia #anthropology #tattooed #tatouage #tatuagem #tatuajes #tätowierung #tatovering #handtappedtattoo #ontheroad #lars #larsontheroad #tattooroadtrip
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