Maori Tattoo

Inked Up - A Brief History of Vikings and Tattoos by Rob Shackleford Did the Vikings have tattoos? There is some disagreement. The simple answer is, unless there is a discovery made of an intact Viking corpse, which includes their skin, we will never know one way or another. Let’s briefly look at the history of Tattoos. Tattoos and History The earliest evidence of tattoo art comes in the form of clay figurines that had their faces painted or engraved to represent tattoo marks. The oldest figures of this kind have been recovered from tombs in Japan dating to 5000 BCE…