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Kakiniit (Inuktitut: ᑲᑭᓐᓃᑦ [kɐ.ki.niːt]; sing. kakiniq, ᑲᑭᓐᓂᖅ) are the traditional tattoos of the Inuit of the North American Arctic. The practice is done almost exclusively among women, with women exclusively tattooing other women with the tattoos for various purposes. Men could also receive tattoos but these were often ...
A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word coppe, meaning "spider") [ 1 ] is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey. Spider webs have existed for at least 100 million years, as witnessed in a rare find of Early Cretaceous amber ...
Criminal tattoos are classified in different ways. The meaning and histories of criminal tattoos vary from country to country, and they are commonly assumed to be associated with gang membership. [1][2] They could also be a record of the wearer's personal history—such as their skills, specialties, accomplishments, incarceration, world view ...
Cultural depictions of spiders. Pre-Columbian spider image from a conch shell gorget at the Great Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Throughout history, spiders have been depicted in popular culture, mythology and in symbolism. From Greek mythology to African folklore, the spider has been used to represent a variety of things, and endures into the ...
Irezumi (入れ墨, lit. ' inserting ink ') (also spelled 入墨 or sometimes 刺青) is the Japanese word for tattoo, and is used in English to refer to a distinctive style of Japanese tattooing, though it is also used as a blanket term to describe a number of tattoo styles originating in Japan, including tattooing traditions from both the Ainu people and the Ryukyuan Kingdom.
Tā moko is the permanent marking or "tattoo" as traditionally practised by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. It is one of the five main Polynesian tattoo styles (the other four are Marquesan, Samoan, Tahitian and Hawaiian). [1] Tohunga-tā-moko (tattooists) were considered tapu, or inviolable and sacred. [2]
Tavlugun. Photograph of an Inupiaq woman in Nome, Alaska, in 1903. The tavluġun is an Indigenous Iñupiaq chin tattoo worn by women. [1][2][3] Women received tavlugun after puberty when they were of an age to be married and demonstrated their inner strength and tolerance for pain. [1]
Cobweb art is a form of art which creates different pictures from cobwebs. The main material used is cobweb, which the artist collects and processes. [citation needed] Andranik Avetisyan (Ado) [1] has not created canvas from cobweb, [2] but is the first artist to create pictures from cobweb. [3] Avetisyan's works [4] are made of real cobweb. [5]