The girl with the Mohave tattoo

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Story of a 19th-century woman who became famous for her facial tattoos, acquired while she lived with a Mohave tribe (she was captured as a girl).

I'm always interest to see what native tattoos look like, so I thought you guys would like too.

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For further reading there's also: Blue Tattoo - University of Nebraska Press

I haven't read this yet but should rectify that soon, since her other book pushed me to get more tattoos.

Some of the Kurdish tattoos that @Pugilist posted about recently, though the designs are pretty different, reminded me slightly of Olive Oatman's tattoo in terms of placement and overall effect.