For the research project, I decided to look at tattoos in different cultures, and what the different methods that different countries (North America and Asia) used, and how methods had varied among their different subsistences. Throughout this research project, I learned many things. For one, the way the Yuki, Chuckchee, and Iban all tattooed was pretty similar. Their reasons for tattooing differed a little, and I was surprised to learn the meanings behind the tattoos.
Cultural Practice
Yuki
Britannica, the online encyclopedia, states that the Yuki people consist of four groups of North American Indians. Each of the four groups had a few leaders that ran the community. There was a head chief, a medicine man, and a religious leader. The …show more content…
First, someone traced a design on the skin, then the soot was rubbed in until dry. Another method was to use a flint needle or deer bone to scratch in the skin so that a charcoal or grass juice ink could be rubbed in. After that, buckskin was wrapped around the tattooed area, and the healing process began. Women were usually the tattoo artists because they were considered “skillfull”, but it was not unusual for men to be artists as well. Women had tattoos for more aesthetic reasons, while men had them for status and power. George Foster also reported that there could be two to four horizontal stripes tattooed onto men, and those were exclusive privileges of future …show more content…
They are known to be Pastoralists, which means they raise livestock. The Chuckchee tattooed their people using a method involving thread and gunpowder or soot. The artist blackened the thread with the soot, then used a needle to scratch the design in. In that population both men and women wore tattoos. According to “Chukchi,” a research report written about the people of Siberia, girls as young as ten started to begin tattooing. Chuckchee people got tattoos for a couple different reasons. One reason was to protect themselves from dark spirits. It was not uncommon for women to get tattoos to protect themselves from infertility. The tattoo that the Chuckchee women use to protect themselves against infertility consisted of a few vertical lines on the chin. Childless women tattooed three equidistant lines running around their cheeks. In addition, it was not rare for a woman or girl to get these tattoos without any reference to fertility. The Chuckchee men were known to get small circle tattoos around their mouth. Besides those typical tattoos, the Chuckchee men and women tattooed their faces, hands, chest, and even their shoulder
Cultural Practice
Yuki
Britannica, the online encyclopedia, states that the Yuki people consist of four groups of North American Indians. Each of the four groups had a few leaders that ran the community. There was a head chief, a medicine man, and a religious leader. The …show more content…
First, someone traced a design on the skin, then the soot was rubbed in until dry. Another method was to use a flint needle or deer bone to scratch in the skin so that a charcoal or grass juice ink could be rubbed in. After that, buckskin was wrapped around the tattooed area, and the healing process began. Women were usually the tattoo artists because they were considered “skillfull”, but it was not unusual for men to be artists as well. Women had tattoos for more aesthetic reasons, while men had them for status and power. George Foster also reported that there could be two to four horizontal stripes tattooed onto men, and those were exclusive privileges of future …show more content…
They are known to be Pastoralists, which means they raise livestock. The Chuckchee tattooed their people using a method involving thread and gunpowder or soot. The artist blackened the thread with the soot, then used a needle to scratch the design in. In that population both men and women wore tattoos. According to “Chukchi,” a research report written about the people of Siberia, girls as young as ten started to begin tattooing. Chuckchee people got tattoos for a couple different reasons. One reason was to protect themselves from dark spirits. It was not uncommon for women to get tattoos to protect themselves from infertility. The tattoo that the Chuckchee women use to protect themselves against infertility consisted of a few vertical lines on the chin. Childless women tattooed three equidistant lines running around their cheeks. In addition, it was not rare for a woman or girl to get these tattoos without any reference to fertility. The Chuckchee men were known to get small circle tattoos around their mouth. Besides those typical tattoos, the Chuckchee men and women tattooed their faces, hands, chest, and even their shoulder