Tattoo: Media
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Videos
Why tattoos are permanent
Explaining the permanency of tattoos and the composition of some of the pigments...
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Learn about the traditional practice of Samoan tattooing at the Cultural Village in Apia, Samoa
An overview of traditional Samoan tattooing.
Video: © Fun Travel TV (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Learn about the Hawaiin traditions and customs - carving canoes, tattoos, and the hula dance
Overview of the Hawaiian traditions of canoes, tattoos, and the hula.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Images
Ancient tattoos
(Left) Locations of the tattooed designs on the male body found in Burial Mound No....
Courtesy of the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
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