The usual technique was simple pricking, but some California tribes introduced colour into scratches, and many tribes of the Arctic and Subarctic, most Eskimos (Inuit), and some peoples of eastern Siberia made needle punctures through which a thread coated with pigment (usually soot) was drawn underneath the skin. In the Americas, many Indians customarily tattooed the body or the face or both. Learn about the traditional practice of Samoan tattooing at the Cultural Village in Apia, Samoa See all videos for this article After the advent of Christianity, tattooing was forbidden in Europe, but it persisted in the Middle East and in other parts of the world. The Romans tattooed criminals and slaves. Their use is mentioned by Classical authors in relation to the Thracians, Greeks, Gauls, ancient Germans, and ancient Britons. Tattoos have also been found on Egyptian and Nubian mummies dating from approximately 2000 bce. If certain marks on the skin of the Iceman, a mummified human body dating from about 3300 bce, are tattoos, then they represent the earliest known evidence of the practice. Decoration is perhaps the most common motive for tattooing. Tattooed designs are thought by various peoples to provide magical protection against sickness or misfortune, or they serve to identify the wearer’s rank, status, or membership in a group. Tattooing proper has been practiced in most parts of the world, though it is rare among populations with the darkest skin colour and absent from most of China (at least in recent centuries).
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