Body Arts Tattooing
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Sort Desciption: the facial tattoos of a successful headhunter and warrior. War ... full facial tattoo could be worn only by an established warrior. ...
Content Inside: Nagaland, India These tattooing tools are from Nagaland, a region in north-east India. Naga people used tattoos to indicate status just as other people might use ornaments or textiles. For example, Konyak Naga girls wore a tattoo on the back of the knee if they were married; in Western cultures a finger-ring usually makes this statement. This photograph is a portrait of Hamwang, a Deputy Chief with the facial tattoos of a successful headhunter and warrior. War and headhunting formed an essential part of Naga ritual life in the past. A man was able to gain the right to wear certain ornaments, clothing, and tattoos only after he had killed an enemy in war and brought the head back to the village. The full facial tattoo could be worn only by an established warrior. Headhunting was practised until the 1960s in remote areas of Nagaland. Japan Tattooing tools, Nagaland, 1936.4.14 - .17 Photograph of Hamwang, an elder of the Ang clan of Konyak Naga, Mon village, Nagaland. August 1991. By Vibha Joshi. Tattoo designs from a tattooist’s booklet, Japan, 1906.18.8 Body Arts Tattooing These images are from a booklet of Japanese tattoo designs. Before the mid-nineteenth century, Japanese people from all walks of life had their bodies tattooed. Then the Emperor banned tattooing. He was worried that Western visitors would see tattoos as barbaric. The ban did not apply to foreigners and many sailors were tattooed there. The designs in this booklet were drawn during the ban on tattooing. They were probably made to appeal to Western rather than Japanese tastes, so there are many naval motifs. Tattooing became legal again in Japan in 1948. The following is an extract from The Japanese Tattoo by Donald Richie and Ian Buruma. The process begins with a visit by the client to the tattoo master. Usually he comes with an introduction either from another client or from someone who already knows the master. Customers do not drop in off the street, and there is n ...
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