Tattoos are an age old practice dating back to the Stone Age approximately 5,300 years ago.  Tattoos have been passed from country to country and from generation to generation all the way to the present day to the present day.
The word “tattoo” dates back to 1769, when a Captain James Cook ran across South Sea islanders bearing marks on their skin.  Captain Cook reportedly wrote: “They stained their bodies by indenting or pricking the skin with a small instrument made of bone, cut into short teeth; which indenting they fill up with a dark-blue or black mixture prepared from the smoke [soot] of an oily nut.  This operation, which is called by the natives ‘tattaw’, leaves an indelible mark on the skin.  It is usually performed when they are about 10 or 12 years of age, and on different parts of the body.”  The word “tattoo”, spelled “tattau” is a Tahitian word meaning to mark.
Tattoos are a permanent mark on the skin and date back to the Stone......

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