Native Americans used ti utilize some sort of
penknives soaked in ink. Some of Californians used to put colors in those cuts.
Inuits used to do little holes with a needle and after that were introducing some sort of little string under the places where those stitches were made. In the
New Zealand, the members of the
Maori tribe considered their bodies their bodies a piece of wood and were using all kind of penknives to make their own signs. With a bone knife, they were carving in the skin the features they wanted to print , especially on the face and the buttocks and then were bringing the colors that they were pouring in the injuries. Because they made barter with the Europeans they could use metal knives to make more complex marks. In 1891, an American named
Samuel O'Reilly patented the famous tattoo machine. He improved a system of typography which had beeb reproduced in thumbnail. This system had a fast vibrating needle. The needle was penetrating the skin so fast that the color reached the wanted spot to produce clean and flawless lines.
Why are they worn?
In today society a lot of persons wear those -lawyers, athletes, soldiers, mechanics- there are no professional limits for men who love the tattoos. Today the are rather
a fashion than a method of assessment of personality traits. That's why I thinks is normal for people to know how the tattoos appeared.
What's the public interest?
Samuel O'Reilly was the first contemporary tattoo artist. He located his saloon in a New York square and it was very popular that time. The tattoos were a fashion until the
financial crash in 1929. They were back as a fashion starting with the
second World War once with the introduction of a new kind of tattoos like cartoons characters. Tattoos were evolving also in the '70 and '80 when the celebrities began to expose them in public. In the last decade the tattoos are ubiquitous. After 5000 years of tradition there's nothing to indicate that the tattoos fashion will ever disappear.
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