Blog: Native Nudity
tags: Motuan, Papuan, Papua New Guinean, Melanesian, topless, female, tattoos, body modification
yearningforunity: Mekeo backpiece displaying centipede and frigate bird symbolism, and Mekeo torso designs, ca. 1915. The V-shaped mark running from the shoulders to the center of the sternum denotes marriage, and the “spirit bird” motif below
tags: Motuan, Papuan, Papua New Guinean, Melanesian, topless, female, tattoos, body modification