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Figures 1. Bubu

Figures 2. Dodo

Figure 3. Mulavapuli.

Tattoo designs used in medicine

Figures 1. & 2. Tatoo designs used in medicine

Figure 3. The medicine and surgery of the Sinaugolo.

Illustrations of tattoo designs used in Medicine

Six arms showing different designs of tattoo, and two smaller views of tattoos. Process print, 1903.

A man tattooing a design on a young woman's leg. Process print.

1 drawing : watercolour ; sheet 33.7 x 21.1 cm

Tattoo design: tracing of a genital tattoo taken from the body of Rangi-Tea-Pakura, a Maori woman of rank. Drawing by Dr. Shortland.

Subject is same as in record 533487i in this catalogue

1 drawing : pen and ink, with watercolour ; sheet 31.9 x 21.0 cm

Moko: a fully tattooed face with individual designs numbered and named. Drawing by H.G. Robley.

Subject is same as in 533505i in this catalogue

1 drawing : pen and ink, with watercolour ; sheet 32.4 x 20.2 cm

Names of moko designs: drawing of a tattooed face with numbers and text. Drawing by H.G. Robley.

The Fallaize Collection.

Algerian portraits.

1 photograph : black and white photoprint

An Algerian woman with a tattoo or henna design on her face, carrying a clay water pot against a studio backdrop. 

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 29.2 x 22.7 cm

Puhoro: tracing of the chisel cuts used in a Maori design of tattooing on the thigh. Watercolour by H.G. Robley.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 84 x 59 cm

A bare-chested man with tattoos and piercings, looking knowingly into the camera; representing awareness of AIDS patients. Colour lithograph by JungeHelden and M. Steger for Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V., ca. 2000.

In recent years, having received a considerable boost by social media, a young and dynamic scene has emerged that is dedicated to what has become known as queer tattooing. This special community, which is growing steadily, has been born out of a desire to break with the hierarchies and patriarchal structures of traditional tattoo art. It aims to create safe, tolerant, and inclusive spaces where queer, nonbinary, and trans people can experiment away from the mainstream and develop their own individual styles and techniques. In their work, many tattoo artists break free from the destructive, heteronormative, and capitalist ideals of beauty, creating a visual language that subverts the long tradition of cultural appropriation which characterizes the traditional tattoo scene. Their designs reveal a unique creative flair for queer iconography. This book is the first comprehensive introduction to this vibrant and diverse queer tattoo community. It presents 50 international tattoo artists with the help of extensive portraits, texts, and series of images.

207 pages : colour illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm

Queer tattoo / edited by Florian Rudolph, Benjamin Wolbergs, Brody Polinsky ; author, Andrew Burford, Brody Polinsky (interviews), Stewart O'Callaghan (preface).

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Tattoo designs used in medicine

Illustrations of tattoo designs used in Medicine

Six arms showing different designs of tattoo, and two smaller views of tattoos. Process print, 1903.

A man tattooing a design on a young woman's leg. Process print.

Tattoo design: tracing of a genital tattoo taken from the body of Rangi-Tea-Pakura, a Maori woman of rank. Drawing by Dr. Shortland.

Moko: a fully tattooed face with individual designs numbered and named. Drawing by H.G. Robley.

Names of moko designs: drawing of a tattooed face with numbers and text. Drawing by H.G. Robley.

An Algerian woman with a tattoo or henna design on her face, carrying a clay water pot against a studio backdrop.

Puhoro: tracing of the chisel cuts used in a Maori design of tattooing on the thigh. Watercolour by H.G. Robley.

A bare-chested man with tattoos and piercings, looking knowingly into the camera; representing awareness of AIDS patients. Colour lithograph by JungeHelden and M. Steger for Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V., ca. 2000.

Queer tattoo / edited by Florian Rudolph, Benjamin Wolbergs, Brody Polinsky ; author, Andrew Burford, Brody Polinsky (interviews), Stewart O'Callaghan (preface).

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Tattoo designs used in medicine

Illustrations of tattoo designs used in Medicine

Six arms showing different designs of tattoo, and two smaller views of tattoos. Process print, 1903.

A man tattooing a design on a young woman's leg. Process print.

Tattoo design: tracing of a genital tattoo taken from the body of Rangi-Tea-Pakura, a Maori woman of rank. Drawing by Dr. Shortland.

Moko: a fully tattooed face with individual designs numbered and named. Drawing by H.G. Robley.

Names of moko designs: drawing of a tattooed face with numbers and text. Drawing by H.G. Robley.

An Algerian woman with a tattoo or henna design on her face, carrying a clay water pot against a studio backdrop.

Puhoro: tracing of the chisel cuts used in a Maori design of tattooing on the thigh. Watercolour by H.G. Robley.

A bare-chested man with tattoos and piercings, looking knowingly into the camera; representing awareness of AIDS patients. Colour lithograph by JungeHelden and M. Steger for Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V., ca. 2000.

Queer tattoo / edited by Florian Rudolph, Benjamin Wolbergs, Brody Polinsky ; author, Andrew Burford, Brody Polinsky (interviews), Stewart O'Callaghan (preface).

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