Human skin, tattooed with star, French, 1830-1900. Tattoo - the design is a black eight-point star, similar in design to the nautical star, with a clear North-South-East -West central axis. The remaining points may represent two solitices and two equinoxes, or have Islamic significance. Skin - comparatively thick cross section, orange-brown colouration, roughly circular shape, tattoo is not positioned unusually at the edge of the sample.
Details
- Category:
- Anatomy & Pathology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A779
- Materials:
- Skin, Human
- type:
- human remains and tattoo
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust