Tattoos and Indigenous Peoples

by Judith Levin

Book Overview

This engrossing story reviews the nature of indigenous and tribal peoples and their uses of tattoos. Readers learn about the earliest known tattoos and their meanings, and the explorers and conquistadors who encountered the indigenous people who used them. The tattoo traditions of Japan, India, the Arctic, the Americas, Polynesia and Oceania are also examined. The book includes an overview of the anthropologists who studied tattoo meanings and symbols,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1404218289
• ISBN13: 9781404218284
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12