tattoos as a 21st century rite of passage..
Indigenous cultures have for thousands of years used Rites of Passage to acknowledge major milestones in a persons life. Tattoos were in many societies included as a key part of this process. From Australia to Samoa and Tahiti to North America, Vanuatu, New Zealand, Africa and Papua New Guinea both men and women were… more
gomineko books
Once again our friends of Gomineko Books will be attending Rites of Passage 2012 and we are thrilled that they will be so generously exhibiting, as part of our tattoo history museum, Japanese woodblocks from the early 1800’s and some old scrolls and a book with antiquated pictures of tattooing and original ukiyo-e and… more
