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Sir Arthur Lewis Community College

COM 106

Lecturer: Mrs. Cadasse-Paul

 ORIGIN EVOLUTION TYPES

Where tattoos come How the process of Different variations of

from and how they tattooing has evolved tattoos and their
appear in different over the years meaning
cultures
What are
Tattoos?
What is the earliest
example of a tattoo?

Image showing the positions of tattoos found on

the mummified corpse of Iceman Otzi (Scallan,
2016)
Tattoos have been used in many
different cultures including:

China and Asia Egypt Ancient Greece and

Samoa
Rome
 THE EVOLUTION OF TATTOOS

Hand poking method used by The First ever electric tattoo machine
The Tapping method used by the
created by Samuel O’Reilly
Egyptians (Levy M.D. 1979) Philippines (Salvador-Amores, 2021)
Yakuza members get
special tattoos to
display loyalty to the
mafia
Scarification tattoos used in Africa
(Cullivan, 1998)

• Used to show status in tribes

• Slaves with these tattoos were

labelled as more valuable
Examples of common modern tattoos
 References
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Graduate Institute/SIT Study Abroad Research.

https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=african_diaspora_isp

Hunter, D. (2023, October 8). How long do stick and poke tattoos last? AuthorityTattoo.

https://authoritytattoo.com/how-long-do-stick-and-poke-tattoos-last/

Levy, M. D. (1979). The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1524-4725.1979.tb00768.x

Salvador-Amores. (2021, December). Ritual act, technology, and the efficacy of traditional tattooing among the Igorots of north

Luzon, Philippines. Sage Journals . https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/13591835211039776

Samuel O'Reilly's peculiar reciprocating Electromotored tattoo machine. (n.d.). Tattoodo.

https://www.tattoodo.com/articles/samuel-oreillys-peculiar-reciprocating-electromotored-tattoo-machine-12648

Scallan. (2016, December 9). Ancient ink: Iceman Otzi has the world's oldest tattoos. Smithsonian Institution.

https://www.si.edu/stories/ancient-ink-iceman-otzi-has-worlds-oldest-tattoos

Tattoos across cultures | Real archaeology. (2018, September 19). Vassar College WordPress | A Digital Publishing Platform for

the Vassar Community. https://pages.vassar.edu/realarchaeology/2018/09/19/tattoos-across-cultures/