Yupik facial tattoo
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HISTORY OF TATTOOING IN THE ARCTIC by Lars Krutak
See more ideas about Faces, Facial tattoos and Tattoo ideas. Yupik woman in native costume at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage, Alaska.
Description:Lawrence Island fosters a complex of remarkable tattooing traditions spanning years. Ancient maritime peoples from Asia first colonized this windswept outpost lured by vast herds of ivory-bearing walrus and other sea-mammals. As the forces of nature were quite often difficult to master, they developed an intricate religion centered on animism. Appeasing their gods through sacrifice and ritual, these mariners attempted to harness their forbidding world by satisfying the spiritual entities that controlled it. Not surprisingly, tattooing became a powerful tool in these efforts:
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