KWE3033724: String games of Northern Queensland and Torres Straits Aborigines, Australia. A design formed by manipulating string on or around one's fingers. The complex patterns created can be made purely for entertainment or can be used to pass on information about tribal legends, or to emphasis practical information concerning things of daily importance, like hunting. From Customs of The World, published c.1913. / Bridgeman Images
KWE3033745: A tattooed Japanese man in the 19th century. Tattooing was a mark of low breeding and vulgarity in Japan, only coolies whose work necessitated stripping the body ever had their bodies tattooed. After a 19th century photograph. From Customs of The World, published c.1913. / Bridgeman Images