Modern and Ancient Body Modification

Ancient Marks Pictures: Tattoo Store Owner Swims Near Tahiti
Ancient Marks Pictures: Moroccan Woman Displays Henna Designs on Hands
Ancient Marks Pictures: Modern Primitive Tattoo Artists in San Francisco
Ancient Marks Pictures: Karen Paduang Long Neck Woman in Southeast Asia
Ancient Marks Pictures: Facial Scarification on Face of Burkina-Faso Man
Ancient Marks Pictures: Japanese Mistress with Tattoos of Mythological Scenes
Ancient Marks Pictures: Tattooed Samoan Man from Polynesia
Ancient Marks Pictures: Man with Full Facial Tattoo from Tahiti
Ancient Marks Pictures: Man with Modern Primitive Tattoo Rides Bike
Ancient Marks Pictures: Tattooed Ikuza Man from Tokyo, Japan
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Three "modern primitive" tattoo and body modifications artists stand in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. San Francisco and the Haight-Ashbury area is considered the birthplace of the "modern primitive" movement—a form of body marking that is profoundly influenced by tribal traditions of altering the body for ritual and initiation.

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