Tattoo Analysis in Anthropology

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In this article, the writer discusses a study that was conducted to understand tattoo art in modern culture. The writer notes that in realizing through an interview with a host, how the tattoo plays a part in the study of modern body art, one can see how this creates an impression of art in our culture. The writer discusses that by examining a 'Gaelic' tattoo design, one can learn how this interviewee responded to certain questions of cultural awareness of the times and shows how culture is passed on this way.

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"By this information, we can see how this tattoo can play a part in the way that we can recreate the past, as this young man in his tattoo. By seeing the traditions of ancient Celtic art being created in this tattoo, the description of the tattoo not only can tell us about the past, but can see how this past stays alive through family tradition, and the mystic of the ancient Irish in his mind.
"The symbolic value of this tattoo is the Celtic Knot, which is itself a symbol of unity in the Irish Tradition, but makes it clear that it is a 'vegetative symbol, and the life line is the natural connection through the Irish to each other. By understanding this, we can learn about the natural symbol that plays a part in the color, as well as the interconnecting branches, which are wrapped around the interviewee's arm when he was being tattooed. In this green, we can see nature as a symbol for eternal life, but also in the circle around the arm, we can this further created in light of the Nature themes abound in it."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Fish, Pat, (2008) Lucky Fish Art (Celtic tattoo Designer/ Tattoo Art), Website: http://www.luckyfishart.com/
• Wallace, Martin, (June 1996) A Short History of Ireland, Barnes & Noble Books

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