Human skin, tattooed with dagger in belt, French, 1830-1900. Tattoo - black outlined dagger with four dots placed around it to form the points of a rectangle, and a strap or belt decorated with tesselating triangles with a dot in the centre of each one. The edges of another adjacent tattoo, which may have been a nautical star, is visible at the lower edge, but has been cut through. Tattoo appears to be executed by hand using joined dots. Skin - mottled yellow-white and dark brown colouration, the brown layer appears to be the uppermost one. Irregular eliptical shape, thick, fleshy cross-section, hairs visible at edges.
Details
- Category:
- Anatomy & Pathology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A821
- Materials:
- Skin, Human
- type:
- human remains and tattoo
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
