Listen "Ancient Tattoo Tool Re-Discovered at WSU"
Episode Synopsis
Details behind the art of ancient indigenous tattooing in North America have been largely lost over time, with colonization and cultural eraser to blame. So when Andrew Gillreath-Brown re-discovered of a thousands-of-years-old tattoo tool sitting in the archives at Washington State University, he knew this would help shed new light on indigenous tattoo history!Follow Tattoology on Instagram: www.instagram.com/tattoologypodContact: [email protected] used for this episode:https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2019/02/28/oldest-tattoo-tool-western-north-america-discovered/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X18307508?via%3Dihub https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-2000-year-old-tattoo-needles-are-oldest-found-western-north-america-180971602/
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