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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486468127

ISBN-139780486468129

eBay Product ID (ePID)66702760

Product Key Features

Book TitleHistory of Tattooing

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBODYART & Tattooing, Anthropology / General

Publication Year2009

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Social Science

AuthorWilfrid Dyson Hambly

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight15.9 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN2008-039140

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal391.6/5

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. Body Marking in Relation to Religious Beliefs and Practices 2. Body Marking and Magic 3. Body Marking for Social and Anti-Social Purposes 4. Technique of Body Marking 5. Geographical Distribution of Tattooing 6. Historical Distribution of Tattooing

SynopsisThis 1925 survey offers one of the most complete histories of world tattoo practices. It features 80 images from vanished cultures and discusses their significance in terms of religious beliefs and social status., This engrossing 1925 survey offers one of the most complete histories of world tattoo practices. Written during an era when colonial authorities had all but eliminated indigenous tattooing, it discusses their significance in terms of religious beliefs and social status. This Dover edition features a new selection of 80 images from vanishing cultures., This 1925 survey constitutes one of the most complete histories of world tattoo practices. It was written at the end of a significant era in anthropological fieldwork, when the efforts of missionaries and the impact of European imperialism had suppressed all but the final vestiges of indigenous native tattoo traditions. Subsequent opportunities for original fieldwork related to tattooing were rare, making this book a valuable link to vanishing cultures. In addition to 80 photographs and illustrations--many of them new to this edition--this fascinating study discusses the significance of tattoos and other forms of body marking in terms of religious beliefs and social purposes. Author Wilfrid Dyson Hambly offers a wealth of examples from fieldwork conducted around the world. Hambly discusses the religious and magical uses of tattooing, which range from the prevention of pain, protection against witchcraft, and attraction of good luck to the preservation of youth and insurance of the survival of the soul after death.

LC Classification NumberGT2345.H35 2009