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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.

<p>Subject is same as in record 533487i in this catalogue</p>

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.

<p>Subject is same as in 533505i in this catalogue</p>

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.

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.

An Arab woman, with a tattoo or henna design on her face, carrying a clay water pot, against a studio backdrop. Photograph, ca.1900.

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.

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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.

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

An Arab woman, with a tattoo or henna design on her face, carrying a clay water pot, against a studio backdrop. Photograph, ca.1900.

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.

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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.

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

An Arab woman, with a tattoo or henna design on her face, carrying a clay water pot, against a studio backdrop. Photograph, ca.1900.

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.

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