Tattooing Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Professor Charles Wagners Tattoo Parlour, Chatham Square, New York, USA, early 1930s

Tattooing a Maori Chief, c1880. Episode of the First Taranaki War (1860-1861). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Maori pa, or fortified village, on the Whanganui River, North Island, New Zealand, 1902. Artist: Muir & Moodie
Maori pa, or fortified village, on the Whanganui River, North Island, New Zealand, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Maori chief with elaborately tattooed face and weather cloak, 1902. Artist: Josiah Martin
A Maori chief with elaborately tattooed face and weather cloak, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

An elaborately tattooed Japanese man, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co. London, 1902]

A Marquesa woman with the lower part of the legs fully tattooed, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Tatooing a Maori chief, late 19th century(?)

Tattooing a Maori Chief, New Zealand, c1875

Tattooing, 1800-1900. Engraving to illustrate different tattooing styles from around the World. Negress, New Zealand Chieftain, New Zealand King, Caroline Islander, Hand and Foot of Dayak of Borneo

Australian Inhabitants, 1800-1850. Artist: G Mutzel
Australian Inhabitants, 1800-1850. Far from being one homogenous race, at the time of European settlement in the 18th century, the estimated 750

Native of the Papua Islands, c1840. Artist: J Bull
Native of the Papua Islands, c1840. A man from Papua New Guinea. Engraving from the Natural History of Man by J Bull, (London, c1840)

Native of Mozambique, c1850. Artist: James Prichard
Native of Mozambique, c1850. Tattooed inhabitant of Mozambique, Africa. Engraving from the Natural History of Man by James Pritchard, (London, 1855)

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