Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings

by Matt Lodder

Book Overview

In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing 'an art without a history'. 'No-one', it went on, 'has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.' Until now.

Painted People is a beguiling and intimate look at an untold history of humanity.

The earliest tattoos yet identified belonged to tzi, the 'iceman', whose mummy allows us a brief glimpse into the prehistory of the practice. We...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0008402108
• ISBN13: 9780008402105
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: William Collins
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.8"