Tag Archives: Tattoos

1838: Matua Tawai

Posted on December 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alexandre Pierre Marie Dumoutier: plaster cast of Matua Tawai, a New Zealander of Ikanamawi (1838) Moulage sur nature became a powerful freezing and fixation tool used to document a natural and even human hic et nunc status. In the great … Continue reading →

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1585: A Young Daughter of the Picts

Posted on December 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues: A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585) An engraving based on this miniature appeared in the section on Picts and ancient Britons in Thomas Hariot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land … Continue reading →

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2015: Ink

Posted on July 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jessica Harrison paints tattoos on found ceramic figures: Painted Lady (14), 2015 See more here.

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