ija de cielo

[dyingenigma]

Uli tattoo by Emmanuel Item

[onyxeve]

[deaddea]

vintage Japanese postcard

[howsaucy-deactivated20240909]

Mayan art, bloodletting ritual scene c.752 AD, limestone. Originally lintel 17 from Structure 21 on the site of Yaxchilán, Mexico, now in the British Museum. 

King Bird Jaguar IV and one of his wives, Lady B'alam Mut, are taking part in a bloodletting ritual, required for accession ceremonies or celebrations of a birth. He is preparing for auto-sacrifice, incising his genitals with a sharpened bone, while his wife pulls a rope through her tongue to draw blood.

Clearer view of the design: drawing.

[deathandmysticism]

Points of blood-letting connected with the signs of the Zodiac, 16th century 

[biscodeja-vu]

““I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses. I too have been covered with thorns.””

— Rumi (via fernsandmoss)

[entheognosis]

Mushroom stones that were discovered in the Maya ruins of Kaminaljuyu in Guatemala.

[ducissatenebrarum]

Nazca skull with long braids; hair still attached to its own skull, measures 2.80m in length, belonged to a priestess who died around 50 age, in 200 BC.

National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History (Archeology Museum UNT), Trujillo, Peru.

[nemfrog]

“Tattoo designs of the Marquesas.” Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin. 1922. Internet Archive

[nemfrog]

“Tattoo designs of the Marquesas.” Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin. 1922. Internet Archive

[uhanekahiko]

Motu Facial Tattoos, circa 1915. ~ Lars Krutak

[uhanekahiko]

“Nyniang Inang, Punang Busang people, Sarawak, Borneo. We can see heavy bronze/brass earweights in the stretched lobes. They represent Aso a mythical dragon dog. In the stretched helix piercings, he is wearing animal fangs. The tattoos were hand tapped by a female tattooist. The Dayak tattoo style has been (and still is) a major influence in the development of modern western tribal tattoo and black work. The photo was taken by anthropologist Tom Harrison, around 1950.“ -  Lars Krutak

[uhanekahiko]

“Usually, tattoo pigment came from the charred remains of the candlenut. Candlenut (Aleurites moluccana) was also utilized as pigment in Hawaii (kukui) and other Pacific islands in Polynesia. Interestingly, I have found that the leaves and sap of the candlenut tree were used throughout Polynesia, the Philippines, China and Indonesia in the treatment of arthritic joints or as a healing application for chapped lips, cold sores and sunburn. Even in Papua, the Sinagoro tribe specifically utilized several types of “medicinal” tattoos to treat rheumatoid arthritis. These marks were usually grouped around aching joints on the back, neck, shoulders, and forehead. Triangular motifs seen under the left breast of a Sinagoro man in the 1880s appeared to one explorer as “hav[ing] been tattooed for palpitations or uneasy sensations in the region of the heart.” ~ Lars Krutak, “The Forgotten Code: Tribal Tattoos Of Papua New Guinea.”

[jaguarbaibi]

[zegalba]

Chrome Hearts Milk/Dark Chocolate (2007)

[zegalba]

Chrome Hearts: Mini Slouchy Mo Hand Bag (2019)

[ethnicbrat]

Blac Chyna for Hustlenomics, late 2000s.