Marks of Civilization: Artistic Transformations of the Human Body

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Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1988 - Art - 279 pages
Body piercing, scarification, tattooing - for thousands of years decorative alteration of the human body has been invested with profound cultural and social meaning. This collection of essays, photographs and drawings focuses on the many and diverse ways that human beings have permanently decorated their bodies.

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