Juniper Ellis: 1 book
Tattooing the World
Pacific Designs in Print and Skin
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2008
In the 1830s an Irishman named James F. O'Connell acquired a full-body tattoo while living as a castaway in the Pacific. The tattoo featured traditional patterns that, to native Pohnpeians, defined O'Connell's life; they made him wholly human. Yet upon traveling to New York, these markings singled...
