#TRIBAL BODY PAINT MARKINGS SKIN#

The griffins and monsters are thought to have a magical significance but some elements are believed to be purely decorative. The tattoos on their bodies represent a variety of animals. Mummies were found that date from around 2400 years ago. In 1948, 120 miles north of the border between Russia and China, Russian archaeologist Sergei Rudenko began excavating a group of tombs, or kurgans, in the high Altai mountains of western and southern Siberia. The position of the tattoo marks suggests that they were probably applied for therapeutic reasons (treatment of arthritis).

#TRIBAL BODY PAINT MARKINGS SKIN#

The skin bears 57 tattoos: a cross on the inside of the left knee, six straight lines 15 centimetres long above the kidneys and numerous parallel lines on the ankles. This is the best preserved corpse of that period ever found. In 1991, a five thousand year old tattooed man вЂГ¶tzi the ice manвЂ™ made the headlines of newspapers all over the world when his frozen body was discovered on a mountain between Austria and Italy.

Someone had a small wound, and rubbed itВ with a hand that was dirty with soot and ashes from the fire.В Once the wound had healed, they saw that a mark stayedВ permanently.Дespite the social sciencesвЂ™ growing fascination with tattooing,В and the immense popularity of tattoos themselves,В the practice has not left much of a historical record. The first tattoos probably were createdВ by accident. The word tattoo is said to has two major derivations- fromВ the Polynesian word вЂTaвЂ™ which means striking somethingВ and the Tahitian word вЂTatauвЂ™ which means вЂto mark somethingвЂ™.В The history of tattoo began over 5000 years ago and is asВ diverse as the people who wear them.В Tattoos are created by inserting coloured materials beneathВ the skins surface.

Tribal body paint markings