(Above left) 3500 year old ivory maskette from the Dorset culture. This sculpture represents the oldest known human portrait from the Arctic. (above right) Facial tutaaq of a St. Lawrence Island Yupiget woman, 1997

(Above left) Asiatic Eskimos“stitching the skin” at Indian Point, Chukotka, 1901. (Above right) Central Canadian Inuit Tattoos, Late 19th Century

Ammassalik breast tattoo, ca. 1897

Greenland mummy images

Veghaq or fluke tails, Indian Point, Siberia, 1901.

King Island women displaying iqalleq, arm tattoos, ca. 1900

Authentic style facial tattoos on Sylvia Ivalu (playing "Atuat") from the Inuit-produced film Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

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