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“#tattooanthropologist” Tattoos

Mentawai tattooing session, Butui village, Siberut Island, Indonesia. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2007 #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistTa’kong, a Yonkon Naga woman of Hkampti town, Myanmar. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2014 #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistFour tattooed Kayan women of Long Murum, Sarawak. MALAYSIA. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2011. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistU Hla Bu, Macham chief of Lon Khin village. MYANMAR. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2014. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistHekoi Tau Babaga, a Motu elder of Tubuseria village. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2012. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologist70-year-old Konyak Naga elder Leye Monyu of Changlangshu village, Nagaland. India. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2018. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistThe Kayan hand tattoos of Ado Ngo promote fertility and repel evil spirits encountered in the jungle. Borneo. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2011. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistA Lainong Naga woman of Lahe village who wears the distinctive tattoos of her tribe. MYANMAR. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2014. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistMartin Marikuda and Shawn "Crushy" Canete are members of the Mark of the Four Waves. CALIFORNIA, USA. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2014. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistAnna Aghtuqaayak (Qayaghhaq) was the last fully tattooed woman to live on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. ALASKA, USA. Photo: © Lars Krutak 1997. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologist
Two Bontok women, Mountain Province, Philippines. Photo: © Lars Krutak #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistBahong Bilong, a Kenyah aristocrat of Sarawak MALAYSIA. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2011. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistLars with Whang-Od in Buscalan village. PHILIPPINES. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2016. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistKuljelje Kalivuan, Cudjuy Patjidres, and Cangal are part of the Paiwan tattoo revival. TAIWAN. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2016. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistLars with 102-year-old Atayal elder Iwan Kaynu Photo: © Lars Krutak 2017 #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistNgòm Pok, a Lainong Naga elder of Lahe village. MYANMAR. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2014. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistUlin and Dunggao, two Iban friends of Emperan longhouse, Sarawak. MALAYSIA. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2011. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistKhohap, a Konyak Naga elder peering from a window, Tangyu village, Nagaland. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2010 #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistKalinga warriors Lakay Maymayao Sagangab and war leader Jaime Alos of Dananao village. PHILIPPINES. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2008 #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistTwo Makonde "best friends" who were initiated at the same time and tattooed by the same artist. MOZAMBIQUE. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2007. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologistKila Pala Rupa, the last fully tattooed Hula woman of Babaka village. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2012. #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologist90-year-old Nokging Wangnao is one of the last tattooed Konyak Naga warriors of Hungphoi village, Nagaland. INDIA. Photo: © Lars Krutak 2018 #LarsKrutak #tattoohistory #tattooculture #tattooanthropologist