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Many cultures regard tattoos as protective amulets, and such magical applications are closely linked to religious beliefs. Ainu women in Japan, for instance, tattoo themselves with images of their Goddess, which is able to repel evil spirits and thus protect from disease. Iraqis commonly tattoo a dot at the end of a child's nose to guard against illness. A tattoo of Hanuman is used to relieve pain among Hindus. Aborigines in Australia believe tattoos on their arms allow them to dodge boomerangs. Soldiers in Burma tattoo their thighs to be invulnerable in war, and Cambodian men cover themselves in tattoos to make themselves impervious to harm, even from bullets. The use of tattoos in Cambodia may have come centuries ago from Indian settlers who practiced Vedic rituals. Sacred Buddhist tex...
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Tattoos were an important part of tribal cultures of the Australian continent. The people of the Samoan Islands have long covered their lower bodies with tattooing. For the Samoans, tattooing held no cultural significance beyond fashion, but to not be tattooed left you vulnerable to severe criticism from others. Having a tattoo was a statement that an individual could bear pain. The average Samoan design could take as long as six months to complete. A special tattooing shed was built and was burned when the process was completed. Samoan tattoo artists used special combs to apply the design. They would dip the comb in ink and then tap the pointed teeth of the comb along the skin, puncturing the surface and inserting the ink. Both men and women had their lower bodies tattooed, although the...
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Tattoos are created by injecting ink into a person's skin. For doing this an electrically powered tattoo machine is used. The tattoo machine moves a needle up and down to puncture the skin with color for 50 to 3,000 times per minute. The needle penetrates into the skin for about a millimeter and deposits insoluble ink into the skin with each puncture. When you are lookinng at the tattoo of a person, you are actually looking at the ink through the epidermis, or the outer layer of the skin. The ink is actually in the dermis, the second layer of the skin. The cells in the dermis are stabler than the cells in the epidermis, so the tattoo's ink will stay there, with very less dispersion and fading, for a person's whole life. The people who intend on getting a tattoo done work with the artist ...
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For many years, tattoos have been used in advertising to promote and sell a variety of products. Tattoos are seen in advertisements selling Marlboro and Silk Cut cigarettes, and used by such corporations as the Sony Company and the Coca-Cola Company in both their print and television ads. The oldest example in the Archive's collection is an advertisement for Phenol Sodique, This product was guaranteed to stop bleeding and heal all wounds. The ad depicts tattooed sailors having breakfast on the deck of the warship Olympia. Although the battle rages in the distance, and the sailors are wounded, they smile as they drink their coffee because they have Phenol Sodique! This dates from the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898. The late Frank Howard reminisced that he once tattooed a man with a panoram...
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Techniques of application of tattoos are more common now than they ever were in the past. Tattoos are decorative inscriptions in the skin, such as symbols, signs, and letters which are applied by perforating the external layer of the skin and by injecting the color by ink. The guns of tattooing are the best instrument to be used because they move extremely fast and are pointed enough to perforate the skin easily. There are several types of tattooing guns available, much which use a very pointed needle. The simple tattoo guns using a needle are the best for applications of tattooing, although the needles must be changed after each tattoo. The needles of tattooing can be very dangerous if they aren't sterilized - possibly casing serious infection if they are employed on several occasions wit...
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Leonardo da Vinci was already a well-known artist when he created his masterpiece The Last Supper. He painted it on the wall of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, in oil. It took him four years to complete - 1495 to 1498. The Last Supper, one of the world's most famous paintings, is a sacrifice to Leonardo's love to experiment. Leonardo, always the inventor, tried using new materials for The Last Supper. Instead of using egg tempera on wet plaster (the preferred method of fresco painting, and one which had worked successfully for centuries), he thought he'd use dry plaster which wasn't at all durable. The painted plaster began to flake off the wall almost immediately, and people have been attempting to restore it ever since. The painting began to decay even before his death...
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Part of being a celebrity is having every detail of your life opened up to the attention of the public. With the rise in popularity of body art, and the lessening of the stigmatic perception of things like tattoos and piercings, those who enjoy celebrity watching now scrutinize every little inking and puncture of their favorite stars. The first Western celebrities to make tattoos fashionable were the British upper class in the late 1800s. Family crests and other small signets were popular on forearms. What is often considered a tattoo Renaissance began in the 1960s, with Western artist Sailor Jack corresponding with Japanese tattooists, and soon-to-be-tattooist Ed Hardy getting a fine art degree. As surely as the ideas of art and tattoo finally fused, so did tattoo and celebrity. Lyle...
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The Maoris of New Zealand developed a style of marking the body that was unique in the entire world. They took a piece of bone from a bird's wing, shark's tooth, stone, or hardwood, averaging ¼ inch across. This chisel would be lashed to a beautiful carved piece of wood. Placing the edge of the chisel to the skin and then striking it with a mallet would make a cut in the skin. This would cut deep-scarred furrows in the skin and then pigment would be applied to the furrows. The tools used for this tattooing were called Uhi.  ...
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In the middle of the 1950's mummies with tattoos were discovered in Russia which show how highly developed the art of tattooing was in Russia. At the Ukuk Plateau, in the north of Russia, the 2.400 year old corpse was found and on her arms and shoulders she was decorated with artful tattoos of birds, deer and other mythical animals. She is still the oldest tattooed woman known. The tattoos were applied by pricking grime in the skin with a needle made of a bone. She probably was a warrior or a teller of tribal stories and was probably very well distinguished in her tribe called the Pazyryker. The most extensive illustrations had a Pazyryker chieftain. With fable creatures and animals he clarified his position within a clan. Other than that very little has been passed down of the traditiona...
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To trace the history of the tattoo machine, we have to go back to the early 1800s. Back to the time before Samuel O'Reilly patented the tattoo machine. Back to the time when Volta, an Italian inventor, developed the electric battery. All early tattoo machines and their prototypes were battery operated. The basic electrical principle of electromagnetism, discovered in 1819 by the Danish inventor Oersted, has been used in all tattoo machine patents and in most practical applications of tattoo machines. In 1891, Samuel O'Reilly filed is famous tattoo machine patent. It is true to say that O'Reilly's was the first full-fledged tattoo machine patent, but before this there was considerable development in electromagnetically powered puncturing tools. In 1876 Thomas Alva Edison of Newark, New J...
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The Zeehaen and the Heemskerki (seen on the right in illustration) were the ships under the command of Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603-1659) when he visited Tasmania and New Zealand in 1642.   While working for the Dutch shipping company Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie mapping the north coast of the south island, his men had an unfortunate conflict with tattooed Maoris and four Dutch sailors died. Tasman named that bay Murderers Bay. Today it is known as Golden Bay. It may have been that as a result of this unfortunate event, it took another 127 years before European explorers came back to New Zealand. This time the voyage was under the command of Captain James Cook.  ...
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This group of people is also known as Celts or Selts. Kelts are members of a group who spoke various forms of the Aryan language known as Keltic, or Celtic. People were identified as Kelts because of the language they spoke rather the race to which they belonged. Ancient Kelts were famous for their wit, their love of liberty, and their bravery in battle. They were also known for using bronze weapons.   Little is known of the Kelt's early history. Found mainly in southwestern Germany, they soon spread over most of Western Europe and were the first invaders of England around 800 BC. The Kelts invaded England, an invasion which lasted several hundred years, overwhelming the Stone Age man. One group of the Kelts, the Gaels established their language and culture in Scotland and then cros...
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Tattoo ink consists of pigment and a carrier. The carrier may be a single substance or a mixture. The purpose of the carrier is to keep the pigment evenly distributed in a fluid matrix, to inhibit the growth of pathogens, to prevent clumping of pigment, and to aid in application to the skin. Among the safest and most common ingredients used to make the liquid are: ethyl alcohol (ethanol) purified water witch hazel Listerine propylene glycol glycerine (glycerol)   However, many other substances have been and may be used, including: denatured alcohols (are toxic and can burn the skin) other alcohols (methyl alcohol or methanol and isopropyl alcohol or rubbing alcohol are commonly used, although they are toxic) ethylene glycol (antifreeze, which is toxic) ...
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Criminal tattoos are in fashion among gang members and criminals. Through tattoos marked over their bodies, criminals show their allegiance to their respective gangs. It is interesting to note that many times criminal tattoos record the wearer's personal skills, specialties, accomplishments and convictions. Certain Criminal tattoos have developed recognized coded meanings. In Japan (between 300-600AD), tattoos came to be associated with criminals as tattoo symbols were put on criminals as mark of punishment. The stigma attached with tattoos forced the Japan government to ban tattoos during the Meiji restoration. Still, tattoos have retained the old image of criminality in Japan. Elaborate body tattoos worn by Yakuza members is an interesting example of criminal tattoos. In ancient Rome al...
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A. B. C. Hank is undoubtedly one of the great names in tattoo history. His personal history is virtually unknown. One of his 1940s business cards was acquired by the Archive, which stirred up interest in this tattooist. The card showed Hank on First Avenue in Seattle at one of the many arcades that lined this street during the 1940s. Seattle has been a popular tattoo town since the mid1800s and through the years First Avenue was the home of many a tattooist including George Kruger, Danny Danzel, Slim Lewis, E.D. Horton, Jack Ross and many others.   Kobel photograph #393 (seen below) shows the right-handed Hank tattooing the leg of what looks like a military man. Working out of a curved top steamer trunk with flash thumb-tacked to the wall, the shop took on the look of a temporary set-...
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