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Category Archives: Tattoo Iconography
The Tattoo Collectors: Geoff Ostling
As a researcher who specialises in the preservation of tattooed human skin, I have encountered some extraordinary things stored away in archives, museums and private collections in the course of my work. But I don’t just work with the dead … Continue reading →
Posted in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Preservations, Tattoo Iconography, The Tattoo Collectors
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Tagged art collectors, bodysuit tattoos, contemporary tattoo collecting, contemporary tattoos, eX de Medici, film, Geoff Ostling, living tattoo donors, memorials, National Gallery of Australia, preserving skin, the tattoo as art
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Magic, Sex & Superstition: The Winged Phallus Tattoo
In January 2010, just 3 months into my PhD, I went to Paris on the first of what would be many research trips. Whilst there, I visited the anthropology department of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN) with my supervisors … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ancient Rome, castration, comparative collections, contemporary tattoos, Fascinus, Father Liber, fertility charms, iconography, Musée de l'Homme, phallic symbolism, preserved tattooed skin, religion, sexuality, winged phallus tattoo, witchcraft
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From the Storage Archives: “Mort Aux Vaches!”
Science Museum Object Number A544: Preserved human skin, tattooed with a series of patterned dots and crosses; initials and lettering in French; two hearts, including one pierced by arrows; and the head and torso of a man. Dimensions: h353mm x … Continue reading →
Posted in Criminology, From the Storage Archives, Museum Collections, Tattoo Iconography
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Tagged 3 dot tattoo, amateur tattoos, criminal tattoos, human remains, L'Affaire Crainquebille, offensive tattoos, preserved tattooed skin, sailor tattoos, Science Museum, tattooed skin collection, Wellcome Collection
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From the Storage Archives: The Unseen Sailors’ Tattoo
Science Museum Object Number A747 & A754: Preserved human skins, tattooed with a pair of eyes. Dimensions: A747 h137 x w88mm x d1.5mm; A754 h144mm x w86mm x d2mm* *Depth measurements are given at their thickest points. Date: c.1830-1900 Of … Continue reading →
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Tagged anatomy, human remains, preserved tattooed skin, sailor tattoos, Science Museum, skin, texture, Wellcome Collection
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From the Storage Archives: A Dagger Through the Heart
Science Museum Object Number A670: Preserved human skin, showing the tattooed image of a dagger piercing the skin of the chest. Dimensions: h258mm x w123mm x d0.4mm Date: c.1850-1920 The image above shows an example of the iconic dagger-through-the-heart tattoo. … Continue reading →
The Flesh Remembers: Memento Mori Tattoos
All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt. – Susan Sontag The … Continue reading →
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Tagged cremains in tattoo ink, human remains, images of death, memento mori, memorial tattoos, memory, photography, skin, tattoo
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From the Storage Archives: The Wounded Tattoo
Science Museum Object Number A544: Preserved human skin, tattooed with a series of patterned dots and crosses; initials and lettering in French; two hearts, including one pierced by arrows; and the head and torso of a man. Dimensions: A544 h353 … Continue reading →