Show tattooing painful tattooing us as practiced by the natives of some of tile the pacific islands la Is really a mark of fortitude tor for the operation Is hardly what could be termed gentle the usual custom among tribes folli Is to prepare pa r e a tattooing instrument of bone bon e with teeth cut in to mark the de this la is dipped into ft a thick mixture of charcoal and water and to tg pounded into the skin skill by means of a piece of wood the operation Is painful but effective as the markings last a lifetime showing up as black spots on the brown skins of the natives |