Human skin, tattooed with yacht, French, 1850-1900. Tattoo - crude design of a ship with sails, dot technique used to outline in black, with a further 14 parrallel dots decorating the sails. Skin - orange-umber colour, visible pores with some pale body hairs. Rectangular shape, thin cross-section.
Details
- Category:
- Anatomy & Pathology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A804
- Materials:
- Skin, Human
- type:
- human remains and tattoo
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
