[HN Gopher] The Deq Tattooist: Preserving the ink of a disappear...
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       The Deq Tattooist: Preserving the ink of a disappearing culture
        
       Author : nkurz
       Score  : 35 points
       Date   : 2023-10-05 11:02 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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       | arp242 wrote:
       | Bit of an aside, but ... no gloves? Eh? The process seems a bit
       | less messy than machined tattoos, but you're still puncturing the
       | skin and still seems like pretty risky business to be doing every
       | day.
        
       | alephxyz wrote:
       | Very similar to Amazigh tattoos, who are also disappearing due to
       | Islam. I wonder how widespread tattoos were in north African and
       | middle eastern people in ancient history. There are paintings
       | from 1200BC showing Lybian kings with body markings:
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Libyans,_Nubian...
        
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