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Background imageTattoo Collection: H. Sims conducting searchlight tattoo, Aldershot, between c1910 and c1915

H. Sims conducting searchlight tattoo, Aldershot, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
H. Sims conducting searchlight tattoo, Aldershot, between c1910 and c1915. H. Sims at a searchlight tattoo, a concert and military drill illuminated by torches, at Aldershot army camp

Background imageTattoo Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Guerrier Iroquois, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur

Costumes de Différents Pays, Guerrier Iroquois, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Guerrier Iroquois, c1797

Background imageTattoo Collection: Portrait of a Tungu Man, c.1850. Creator: Carl Peter Mazer

Portrait of a Tungu Man, c.1850. Creator: Carl Peter Mazer
Portrait of a Tungu Man, c.1850

Background imageTattoo Collection: The Wrestler Konjin Chogoro Throwing a Devil, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

The Wrestler Konjin Chogoro Throwing a Devil, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Wrestler Konjin Chogoro Throwing a Devil, 1866. From Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden

Background imageTattoo Collection: Récompense honnête, décernée...à Louis-Philippe, 1835. Creator: Honore Daumier

Récompense honnête, décernée...à Louis-Philippe, 1835. Creator: Honore Daumier
Recompense honnete, decernee...a Louis-Philippe, 1835. Recompense honnete, decernee, en 1800, a Louis-Philippe d'Orleans

Background imageTattoo Collection: Love's Labor Lost, from America, published December 12, 1889, originally pub...May 7, 1884

Love's Labor Lost, from America, published December 12, 1889, originally pub...May 7, 1884. Creator: Bernard Gillam
Love's Labor Lost, from America, published December 12, 1889, originally published in Puck on May 7, 1884

Background imageTattoo Collection: Kabuki Stars Before a Gracious Waterfall (Arigataki megumi no hanagata), 1883

Kabuki Stars Before a Gracious Waterfall (Arigataki megumi no hanagata), 1883. Creator: Toyohara Kunichika
Kabuki Stars Before a Gracious Waterfall (Arigataki megumi no hanagata), 1883. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageTattoo Collection: Illustration of a Nukagiva Man Making Tattoos on Another Man's Body, 1813

Illustration of a Nukagiva Man Making Tattoos on Another Man's Body, 1813. In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe

Background imageTattoo Collection: Measuring shell money-Tolowa, c1923. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Measuring shell money-Tolowa, c1923. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Measuring shell money-Tolowa, c1923. Man holding string of shells

Background imageTattoo Collection: A Man From Nukagiva Island with Tattoos on His Body, 1813. Creators: Jegor Skotnikoff

A Man From Nukagiva Island with Tattoos on His Body, 1813. Creators: Jegor Skotnikoff, Ignaz Sebastian Klauber
A Man From Nukagiva Island with Tattoos on His Body, 1813.. In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe

Background imageTattoo Collection: A Man From Nukagiva Island, 1813. Creator: Jegor Skotnikoff

A Man From Nukagiva Island, 1813. Creator: Jegor Skotnikoff
A Man From Nukagiva Island, 1813. In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe

Background imageTattoo Collection: A Woman From Nukagiva Island, 1813. Creator: Jegor Skotnikoff

A Woman From Nukagiva Island, 1813. Creator: Jegor Skotnikoff
A Woman From Nukagiva Island, 1813. In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe

Background imageTattoo Collection: Nukagiva Natives, 1813. Creator: Ignaz Sebastian Klauber

Nukagiva Natives, 1813. Creator: Ignaz Sebastian Klauber
Nukagiva Natives, 1813. In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe. This atlas, published by the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1813

Background imageTattoo Collection: View of Cemetery on Nukagiva Island, 1813. Creator: Koz'ma Vasil'evich Chesky

View of Cemetery on Nukagiva Island, 1813. Creator: Koz'ma Vasil'evich Chesky
View of Cemetery on Nukagiva Island, 1813. In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe

Background imageTattoo Collection: Inhabitants of the lower Caroline Islands, 19th century. Creators: Alexander Postels

Inhabitants of the lower Caroline Islands, 19th century. Creators: Alexander Postels, Godefroy Engelmann
Inhabitants of the lower Caroline Islands, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin

Background imageTattoo Collection: Inhabitants of the lower Caroline Islands, 19th century. Creators: Alexander Postels

Inhabitants of the lower Caroline Islands, 19th century. Creators: Alexander Postels, Godefroy Engelmann
Inhabitants of the lower Caroline Islands, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin

Background imageTattoo Collection: Scythian tattoo of fabulous beasts, 5th century BC

Scythian tattoo of fabulous beasts, 5th century BC
Scythian tattoo of fabulous beasts on the skin of a childs arm from Barrow 2 at Pazyryr, Altai, Russia. from the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg, 5th century BC

Background imageTattoo Collection: Mundi Rucu Girl, Tatooed; A Trip up the Trombetas, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Mundi Rucu Girl, Tatooed; A Trip up the Trombetas, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Mundi Rucu Girl, Tatooed; A Trip up the Trombetas, 1875. [Indigenous woman of the Munduruku people from the Trombetas River region of the Amazon in South America]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W

Background imageTattoo Collection: Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest, Oregon, 1939

Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest. Note social security number tattooed on his arm. Oregon

Background imageTattoo Collection: Embera Women. Creator: Dorte Verner

Embera Women. Creator: Dorte Verner
Embera Women

Background imageTattoo Collection: Painful (Itaso), from the series 'Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)

Painful (Itaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)
Painful (Itaso), from the series " Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)", 1888

Background imageTattoo Collection: A Test of Skill - the Headwaters of Amorousness (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami): Osan

A Test of Skill - the Headwaters of Amorousness (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami): Osan and Mohei, Japan, n.d

Background imageTattoo Collection: Kabuki Stars Before a Gracious Waterfall (Arigataki megumi no hanagata), 1883

Kabuki Stars Before a Gracious Waterfall (Arigataki megumi no hanagata), 1883

Background imageTattoo Collection: View of Miyozaki in Yokohama (Miyozaki Yokohama ichiran), 1860

View of Miyozaki in Yokohama (Miyozaki Yokohama ichiran), 1860

Background imageTattoo Collection: Beaker in the Form of a Seated Female with Tatoos and Body Paint, 180 B. C. / A. D. 500

Beaker in the Form of a Seated Female with Tatoos and Body Paint, 180 B. C. / A. D. 500
Beaker in the Form of a Seated Female with Tatoos and Body Paint, 180 B.C./A.D. 500

Background imageTattoo Collection: Vessel in the Form of a Seated Figure with Tattooed Arms, 180 B. C. / A. D. 500

Vessel in the Form of a Seated Figure with Tattooed Arms, 180 B. C. / A. D. 500
Vessel in the Form of a Seated Figure with Tattooed Arms, 180 B.C./A.D. 500

Background imageTattoo Collection: Handle Spout Vessel in the Form of Seated Man with Tatooed or Painted Face, 100 B. C. / A. D

Handle Spout Vessel in the Form of Seated Man with Tatooed or Painted Face, 100 B. C. / A. D
Handle Spout Vessel in the Form of Seated Man with Tatooed or Painted Face, 100 B.C./A.D. 500

Background imageTattoo Collection: Spout Vessel with Skeletal, Tatooed Figure Attached to Handle, 100 B. C. / A. D. 500

Spout Vessel with Skeletal, Tatooed Figure Attached to Handle, 100 B. C. / A. D. 500
Spout Vessel with Skeletal, Tatooed Figure Attached to Handle, 100 B.C./A.D. 500

Background imageTattoo Collection: Portrait Vessel of a Man with a Cleft Lip and Tattoos, 100 B. C. / A. D. 500

Portrait Vessel of a Man with a Cleft Lip and Tattoos, 100 B. C. / A. D. 500
Portrait Vessel of a Man with a Cleft Lip and Tattoos, 100 B.C./A.D. 500

Background imageTattoo Collection: Female Figurine with Tattoos, 180 B. C. / A. D. 500. Creator: Unknown

Female Figurine with Tattoos, 180 B. C. / A. D. 500. Creator: Unknown
Female Figurine with Tattoos, 180 B.C./A.D. 500

Background imageTattoo Collection: Double Spout Vessel Depicting Costumed Figure with Tattoos and Serpent Attributes, 180 B

Double Spout Vessel Depicting Costumed Figure with Tattoos and Serpent Attributes, 180 B.C./A.D. 500

Background imageTattoo Collection: Melanesian Man, ca. 1890-1899. Creator: Antonio Zeno Shindler

Melanesian Man, ca. 1890-1899. Creator: Antonio Zeno Shindler
Melanesian Man, ca. 1890-1899

Background imageTattoo Collection: Interior of a Military Chamber. Creator: Louis Albert Guislain Baclere d Albe

Interior of a Military Chamber. Creator: Louis Albert Guislain Baclere d Albe
Interior of a Military Chamber

Background imageTattoo Collection: Zaparo Indian, ca. 1890-1892. Creator: Unknown

Zaparo Indian, ca. 1890-1892. Creator: Unknown
Zaparo Indian, ca. 1890-1892

Background imageTattoo Collection: An Aged Minatarree Chief and His Family, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin

An Aged Minatarree Chief and His Family, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
An Aged Minatarree Chief and His Family, 1861/1869. Eehk-tohk-pa-she-pee-shaw (The Black Moccasin- chief) on the Knife River 1832

Background imageTattoo Collection: The Sioux Chief with Several Indians, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin

The Sioux Chief with Several Indians, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
The Sioux Chief with Several Indians, 1861/1869. Ha-won-je-ta (head chief) with Tchon-dee (second chief), Toh-ky-e-to (counsellor and medicine man) and Tchon-su-mons-ka (wife of head chief)

Background imageTattoo Collection: Apachee Chief and Three Warriors, 1855 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin

Apachee Chief and Three Warriors, 1855 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Apachee Chief and Three Warriors, 1855/1869. Be-las-o-qua-na (chief) with Nic-war-ra, Nah-quat-se-o and Hu-tah (warriors)

Background imageTattoo Collection: Puncah Indians, 1861. Creator: George Catlin

Puncah Indians, 1861. Creator: George Catlin
Puncah Indians, 1861. Hongs-kay-de (chief marryied four wives at the same time) with Hee-la-de (his mother) and Mong-shong-shaw (one of his young wives)

Background imageTattoo Collection: Unus Americanus ex Virginia (An American from Virginia), 1645. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar

Unus Americanus ex Virginia (An American from Virginia), 1645. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Unus Americanus ex Virginia (An American from Virginia), 1645

Background imageTattoo Collection: Lea DeLaria, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, April 2009. Creator: Brian O Connor

Lea DeLaria, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, April 2009. Creator: Brian O Connor
Lea DeLaria, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, April 2009

Background imageTattoo Collection: Lea DeLaria, Brunswick, Hove, West Sussex, Nov 2009. Creator: Brian O Connor

Lea DeLaria, Brunswick, Hove, West Sussex, Nov 2009. Creator: Brian O Connor
Lea DeLaria, Brunswick, Hove, West Sussex, Nov 2009

Background imageTattoo Collection: Bay of Islands chief, 1845. Creator: Unknown

Bay of Islands chief, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Bay of Islands chief, 1845. Maori man from New Zealand wearing traditional costume. From " Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII

Background imageTattoo Collection: Peace-maker, 1845. Creator: Unknown

Peace-maker, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Peace-maker, 1845. Maori man from New Zealand wearing traditional costume:a Herald, or Peace-maker...The Peace-makers sole occupation is to carry messages between hostile chiefs

Background imageTattoo Collection: Mechanic Tattooing, 1870s. Creator: Unknown

Mechanic Tattooing, 1870s. Creator: Unknown
Mechanic Tattooing, 1870s

Background imageTattoo Collection: Rauparaha - Kafia Chief, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Rauparaha - Kafia Chief, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Rauparaha - Kafia Chief, 1844. Portrait of Te Rauparaha, Maori leader of the Ngati Toa tribe, after a drawing Mr. J. Greaves

Background imageTattoo Collection: Rangihaeata - 'Fighting General', 1844. Creator: Unknown

Rangihaeata - "Fighting General", 1844. Creator: Unknown
Rangihaeata - " Fighting General", 1844. Portrait, after a drawing by Mr. J. Greaves, of Maori warrior Te Rangihaeata, a chief of the Ngati Toa tribe and nephew of Te Rauparaha

Background imageTattoo Collection: Asahina Fuji Hyoe, 1854 (year of the Horse, 7th month). 1854 (year of the Horse

Asahina Fuji Hyoe, 1854 (year of the Horse, 7th month). 1854 (year of the Horse
Asahina Fuji Hyoe, 1854 (year of the Horse, 7th month)

Background imageTattoo Collection: Udeno Kisaburo Dries His Neck at Night, 1854 (year of the H

Udeno Kisaburo Dries His Neck at Night, 1854 (year of the Horse, 7th month)



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