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Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013
Ceramic Female Figurine
(Courtesy Marius Amarie) -
Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013
Ötzi, the Iceman
(Courtesy South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology; Courtesy South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology/Eurac/Samadelli/Staschitz) -
Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013
Dogu Figurine
(Courtesy Iwate Prefectural Museum) -
Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013
Faience Figurine and Bowl
(Gianni Dagli Orti/The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY, Courtesy ©Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, The Netherlands) -
Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013
Lapita Fragment and Engraving
(Private Collection, Prismatic Pictures, The Bridgeman Art Library; Courtesy University of Auckland Anthropology Photographic Archive) -
Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013
Iron Age Mummy
(The State Hermitage Museum) -
Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013
Tarim Basin Mummy
(Courtesy Victor Mair) -
Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013
Red-Figure Vessel
(Erich Lessing/ Art Resource, NY) -
Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013
Moche Mask and Mummy
(Courtesy John Verano & Régulo Franco, El Brujo Project) -
Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013
Head Effigy Pot
(Detroit Institute of Arts, USA / Founders Society Purchase with the funds from the Mary G. and Robert H. Flint Foundation) -
Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013
Hollow Ceramic Figurines
(Detroit Institute of Arts/ Founders Society Purchase/ The Bridgeman Art Library) -
Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013
Ibaloi Mummy
(The Bridgeman Art Library, Gunther C.O. Deichmann)
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