The Origins Of Body Modification

This blog is a collection of pictures, texts and quotes of and about original body modifications throughout history. Since a lot of people express themselves through different kinds of body modification in the modern world, it is important to know where they came from, to learn about them and appreciate their originators. As a fan of body modification and sociologist this has been a major interest of mine for quite some time and I thought a compendium might be useful and I also learn a lot myself maintining this blog. I try to add proper sources and information to images if necessary. In the beginning it happened that I couldn´t find any more info on certain pictures, but posted them anyway. If you see your picture on here and you are not ok with that, let me know and I´ll remove it. All images are tagged by type of modification, tribe/ethnicity and location. Some important tags: #art #book #documentary #article #authentic indigenous products

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Day 2

Sunday, June 30th, 2013

A display case oftribal ear weights from Borneo, Malaysia Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

I tried to stop the reflection from showing; I’m still new though.

Toronto, Ontario

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Hidden in America - Prison Ink

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Rugby players and tattoos

This month we speak to rugby players with Polynesian tattoos and what it means to wear them in Asia.

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Q & A with Alethea Arnaquq-Baril - TUNNIIT: RETRACING THE LINES OF INUIT TATTOOS

Q & A with director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril - TUNNIIT: RETRACING THE LINES OF INUIT TATTOOS, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, February 8th, 2016

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TUPIK 6 Minute Short

TUPIK Documentary Short Film explores the nearly extinct technique of traditional Inuit tattooing; skin stitching and hand poking. Once regularly performed i...

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Tattoo History: Algerian Women 

On traditional Algerian women’s tattooing, Mathéa Gaudry identifies the forehead pattern as a palm tree, a symbol of fertility. The jaw line patterns “are broken lines with a diamond to repel the Evil Eye. The simple, geometric patterns act as topographical lines on the face. As facial contours change with smiles, frowns, and grimaces, the lines flex.“

Among Berber women, “the lip was frequently tattooed as well as the underlip and chin. Sometimes this tattooing extended into the inside of the lip, even to the gums of the lower teeth. Nibbling the lower lip was a favorite sexual foreplay, so a tattooed lower lip was an ‘invitation to nibble’.” Most Algerian women were tattooed prior to marriage, to become “suitable for marriage, and virtually all women married. If a woman did not quickly become pregnant, she was likely to be repudiated (divorced) by her husband. If her family did not take her back, sex work was one of the few ways she could earn a living.” Sources: Catherine Cartwright-Jones, PhD, harquus.com (2005) Mathéa Gaudry. ”La Femme Chaouia de L'Aures“ (1929)

👇 via The Center For Tattoo History and Culture👇 @centerfortattoo

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I hope I´ll be able to post frequently again soon. I currently work a lot and the tumblr app keeps crashing all the time :/

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Some Yanomami tribe portraits.

P.D: Happy anniversary Tribal Male Beauty!

-Z.D

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Blog is on hiatus until Oktober✌

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An Ouled Nail woman in Algeria wears a tattoo that is customary for dancers, 1949. Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic Creative