Picture No | 12018090 |
Date | 1922 |
Description | Three young women of the Kalabit tribe, Borneo, SE Asia |
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Three young women of the Kalabit (Kelabit) tribe, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire) -- women of this tribe are all tattooed when they reach the age of sixteen, with zigzag and other geometrical designs.
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Source | Photograph in Peoples of All Nations, edited by J A Hammerton, Harmsworth, No.8, June 1922 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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