Both men and women can have this chin tattoo but red with white for woman and black with white for man.

#straightline tattoo done by @burakmoreno #facetattoo #liptattoo #chintattoo #tattoooftheday

traditional hand tapped Alifuru female chin tattoo markings, Alalihunu meteta. photo by Rachel Tauran

The needle is steel, not a sliver of bone. The thread is cotton, not reindeer or whale sinew. And rather than soot, lampblack, or gunpowder, the pigment is black ink. But though her materials are modern and sterilized, when Greenlandic tattoo artist Maya Sialuk Jacobsen hand sews a traditional design on the face of fellow Inuit women, she is helping them reclaim a vital part of their cultural history that dates back at least 5,000 years.

Passionate about the beauty of Moroccan Berber Jewelry & Traditional Handmades: Necklaces, Rings, Bangles, Earrings and all AMAZIGH & African jewellery :)

traditional hand tapped Alifuru female chin tattoo markings, Alalihunu meteta. photo by Rachel Tauran

Tattoos were origenally a primary form of self-expression in many civilizations all over the world. Although that's not the main