when you work on a tattoo are you concious of how ancient an art it is ? i wrote The seven Princesses on the back of a discovery in Siberia of a princess who had tatoos on her skin.
I was inspired to write this story by reading of the discovery, in 1993, of a 2,400 year old mummified, frozen princess in the Altai mountains of southern Siberia, in an upland plateau called The Pastures of Heaven. She was so well preserved that... Show more
when you work on a tattoo are you concious of how ancient an art it is ? i wrote The seven Princesses on the back of a discovery in Siberia of a princess who had tatoos on her skin.
I was inspired to write this story by reading of the discovery, in 1993, of a 2,400 year old mummified, frozen princess in the Altai mountains of southern Siberia, in an upland plateau called The Pastures of Heaven. She was so well preserved that her features, clothes and tattoos could be clearly seen.
“She was between 20 and 30 years old at the time of her death from unknown causes. She may have had the elevated status of a priestess in her community based upon the items found in her chamber. The Ice Maiden’s preserved skin has the mark of an animal-style deer tattoo on one of her shoulders, and another on her wrist and thumb. She was buried in a yellow silk tussah blouse, a crimson-and-white striped wool skirt with a tassel belt, thigh-high white felt leggings, with a marten fur, a small mirror made from polished metal and wood with carved deer figures, and a headdress that stood nearly three feet tall. The size of the headdress necessitated a coffin that was eight feet long. The headdress had a wooden substructure with a moulded felt covering and eight carved feline figures covered in gold.
Buried around her were six horses, saddled and bridled, her spiritual escorts to the next world, and a symbol of her evident status, though experts are divided on whether she was a royal or a revered folk tale narrator, a healer or a holy woman.
Next to hear body was a meal of sheep and horse meat and ornaments made from felt, wood, bronze and gold. And a small container of herbs, say some accounts, along with a stone plate on which were the burned seeds of coriander.
wildgoose
Oh wow thats amazing and yes i do get concious when doing a tattoo