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Tattoo History - Inuit
Inuit
The northern part of the American continent, the entire arctic coasts from western Alaska to eastern Greenland and the most islands of the arctic archipelago, the so called Arctic Tundra, is still populated by the Inuit today. In addition there is also a small group of Asian Eskimos, the Yuit, who live of the coast of the Tschukts peninsula and on the islands of the Bering Street area between Alaska and Siberia. Despite the huge distance between Siberia and eastern Greenland of over 5.000 kilometers, the Eskimos possess a very unitary culture and language.
For centuries the culture also included tatauing, especially for the women. They treated their skin with sooty threads leaving a scar like mark. Further body decoration included lip pegs and ear and nose jewelry, certainly influenced by the north American Indians. Probably due to climatic reasons the body decoration was mostly found on the facial area.
