Tattooing in the Marquesas (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Tattooing in the Marquesas (Classic Reprint) written by Willowdean Chatterson Handy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tattooing in the Marquesas The poorer islanders who have not a Superabundance of hogs to dispose of in luxuries, but live chiefly themselves upon breadfruit, are Operated upon by novices in the art, who take them at a very low price as subjects for practice. The lowest class Of all, the fishermen principally, are Often not able to afford even the pay required by a novice, and are therefore not tattooed at all. (10, p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.