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  • A guide to hygienic skin piercing : tattoos, acupuncture, ear piercing, hair electrolysis / by Norman D. Noah.

    • Noah, N. D. (Norman D.)
    Date
    1983
    • Books
  • Bodies of inscription : a cultural history of the modern tattoo community / Margo DeMello.

    • DeMello, Margo
    Date
    2000
    • Books
  • Pierced hearts and true love : an illustrated history of the origin and development of European tattooing : and a survey of its present state / by Hanns Ebensten.

    • Ebensten, Hanns
    Date
    1954
    • Books
  • The customized body / Ted Polhemus ; photography by Housk Randall.

    • Polhemus, Ted
    Date
    2000
    • Books
  • Henare Taratoa: a chief of the Ngai Te Rangi tribe, in the heroic act of getting water for the British wounded at the battle of Gate Pa, a Maori victory in the Waikato War, 28 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.

    • Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-
    Date
    28 April 1864
    Reference
    527803i
    • Pictures
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  • A man's buttock with an eagle tattoo above a sticker bearing the logo of The Hot Rubber Company; advertisement for safe sex. Lithograph, 199-.

    Date
    [between 1990 and 1999]
    Reference
    673641i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A young north African (?) woman posing naked standing in front of a plain backdrop. Photograph.

    Reference
    550219i
    Part of
    Women and girls posing nude. Photographs
    • Pictures
  • Japan: a man with elaborate tattoos on his body. Coloured photograph.

    Date
    [between 1800 and 1899?]
    Reference
    645298i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Derma 3 / A. Schumann.

    • A. Schumann.
    Date
    [Between 1976 and 1979?]
    • Books
  • A naked lady covered in floral tattoos standing in an open landscape. Etching.

    Reference
    26723i
    • Pictures
    • Online
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