Tattoo Cultural Significance

Abstract - The significance of tattoos and the tattooing arts are neither smooth nor unified, and actually can be considered as varied and punctured as the skin on which the tattoo is placed. The elusive unified account is due in part because of the wide variety of cultures in which tattoo has been practiced, from Japan and the South Pacific to ancient Greece. There is even evidence of tattooing that can be traced to the Bronze Age. Indeed on the 5300 year old “Iceman”, tattoos were found in great number. In addressing tattoo, four areas that may prove useful to understanding the craft art history, cultural meaning, individual meeting, and self-expression.

Tattoo has been around since the early Neolithic era, or fourth or fifth millennium