Body Arts - Tattooing In Asia

These tattooing tools are from Nagaland, a region in north-east India. Naga people used tattoos to indicate status just as other people might use ornaments or textiles. For example, Konyak Naga girls wore a tattoo on the back of the knee if they were married; in Western cultures a finger-ring usually makes this statement.Deputy Chief with the facial tattoos of a successful