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  • Tattoos on the body
  • Tattoos on the chest
  • Tattoos on the body
  • Tattoos on a piece of human skin showing a flower and a selection of people
  • A tattoos on a piece of human skin
  • Japan: a man with elaborate tattoos on his body. Coloured photograph.
  • Japan: two men (bettoes or grooms) with elaborate tattoos. Coloured photograph.
  • Six arms showing different designs of tattoo, and two smaller views of tattoos. Process print, 1903.
  • A naked lady covered in floral tattoos standing in an open landscape. Etching.
  • Myanmar (Burma): a young man with elaborate tattoos on his waist and thighs. Photograph.
  • Two tattoos on a piece of human skin showing a seated nude female and a standing male
  • An actor as ruffian Tsuribune no Sabu, full face, revealing his tattoos. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
  • A selection of tattoos on a piece of human skin showing a nude female, a pot of flowers and a gentlemen
  • A Maori man with tattoos on his face, encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by Michel, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Pustules on the site of a tattoo
  • Skin inflamation on the site of a tattoo
  • Tattoo design: tracing of a genital tattoo taken from the body of Rangi-Tea-Pakura, a Maori woman of rank. Drawing by Dr. Shortland.
  • Captain Costentenus, a man with many tattooes on his body. Colour lithograph.
  • Signs of syphilis on the site of a tattoo
  • Signs of syphilis on the site of a tattoo
  • Signs of syphilis on the site of a tattoo
  • Signs of syphilis on the site of a tattoo
  • Captain Costentenus, a man with tattooes all over his body. Colour line block.
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a fan
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a female face
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a small human figure
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a nude female called Flora
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a flower and some initials
  • Assam: a Chang Naga man with a head-hunter's tattoo. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf.
  • Assam: a Konyak Naga boy with a head-hunter's tattoo. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf.