Anth 3115 - 11/23

In class we talked about tattoos. We talked mainly about tribal Hawaiian tattoos. In early Hawaiian history tooth removal and scaring were used as a way of mourning for the death of loved ones. From my understanding they probably did this (physical pain) to counteract with the mental/ emotional pain. Not only did people who mourn have tattoos but also Hawaiian warriors and women were also tattooed themselves. If someone wanted a tattoo back then all they had were what ever was around. Ironically people in prison, got tattoos without given the proper tools of tattooing. They had to use what ever they had around =)