Traditional North African Tattoos?

By Shannon • Feb 28th, 2006 • Category: ModBlog

Check out this neat photo from Christine at Utility Company in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada). I don’t know the story behind the photo, but I really love the mix of traditional tattoos, traditional piercings, and modern piercings on top of that.

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  1. Shannon Larratt on May 30th, 2006 at 9:17 pm:

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    Posted on 02-27-2006 22:29:25 by Dan
    Ohhh, that’s “my shop”! I love Christine, and the tattooist Andy is great.

    Posted on 02-28-2006 00:17:36 by adwa
    i think she is ethiopian or eritrian. i am ethiopian and many of the older women in my family including my grandmother has this neck tattoo called netela (also on her hands and ethiopian characters on her arms). her mother tattooed her and was heavily tattooed herself. many east african women get these tattoos and even crosses and other designs in there faces

    Posted on 02-28-2006 14:46:45 by Z.
    Her tattoo on her neck is really something. Thanks for the information adwa, all interesting.

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