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Ra enge, Fijian noblewoman, tattooed with veiqia (hips, buttocks and upper thighs) and qia gusu (mouth), by Theodor Kleinschmidt. Veiqia [βɛi̯.ᵑɡi.a], or Weniqia, [1] is a female tattooing practice from Fiji, where women who have reached puberty are tattooed in the groin and buttocks area by older female tattooing specialists called daubati or dauveiqia.
A sailor's forearm tattooed with a rope-and-anchor drawing, against the original sketch of the design; see sailor tattoos. An example of a tattoo design Application of a tattoo to a woman's foot A tattoo is a form of body modification made by inserting tattoo ink , dyes , and/or pigments , either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of ...
A sleeve tattoo or tattoo sleeve is a large tattoo or collection of smaller tattoos that covers most or all of a person's arm. There is a difference between an arm covered in tattoos and a sleeve tattoo: a sleeve tattoo has a unified theme, whereas an arm covered in tattoos may have many tattoos of different styles that does not have an overall ...
Kakiniq (singular) or kakiniit (plural) [2] is an Inuktitut term which refers to Inuit tattoos, [3] while the term tunniit specifically refers to women's facial tattoos. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The terms are rendered in Inuktitut syllabics as ᑲᑭᓐᓃᑦ ( Kakinniit ), ᑲᑭᓐᓂᖅ ( Kakinniq ), and ᑐᓃᑦ ( Tuniit ).
A Samoan woman with malu. Malu is a word in the Samoan language for a female-specific tattoo of cultural significance. [1] The malu covers the legs from just below the knee to the upper thighs just below the buttocks, and is typically finer and delicate in design compared to the Pe'a, the equivalent tattoo for males.
Lower-back tattoos are also perceived as an indication of promiscuity by some, possibly owing to media portrayals of women with tattoos. [7] A 2011 study of media stereotypes criticized media portrayals of lower-back tattoos, arguing that they are unfairly cast as a symbol of promiscuity. [ 1 ]
While women commonly choose the top of the foot, inner wrist, side of the rib cage, and shoulder, men choose the arm, chest, forearm, and back for their tattoos. For many years women with tattoos were placed into specific categories: circus sideshow acts, biker chicks, hippies, or prostitutes.
Typical markings include vertical lines from the lower lip that extend to beneath the chin. [2] According to tattoo anthropologist Lars Krutak, the width of the lines and the spacing between them were traditionally associated with each of the nine groups of Hän Gwich’in. Girls would be tattooed to identify their group.