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The tavluġun is an Indigenous Iñupiaq chin tattoo worn by women.[1][2][3]
Women received tavlugun after puberty when they were of an age to be married and demonstrated their inner strength and tolerance for pain.[1]
Agnes Hailstone, a noted celebrity Kobuk River Inupiaq woman, known from the National Geographic series "Life Below Zero" referrs to her chin tattoos as "Eskimo Beauty Marks" and received hers in 1997. At the time she was one of two women who wore them in Northwest Alaska. As a traditional artist, the wife of a Subsistence Hunter,a mother of 7, Agnes embraces her Inupiaq traditions and reflects them in herself, her ways and means of making a living from the land and her ties to her people.
Marjorie Tahbone (Inupiaq/Kiowa) is a tattoo artist dedicated to reviving customary Alaska Native tattoos such as tavlugun. She learned the Inupiaq techniques of tattooing and tattoo others.[1]
See also
[edit]- Face tattoos
- Kakiniit, Inuit face tattoos
- Yidįįłtoo, the facial tattoo of the Hän Gwich’in
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Engelhard, Michael (April 9, 2018). "Marks of the Ancestors". Alaska Magazine.
- ^ "Traditional Tattoo Selfies". Anchorage Museum. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023.
- ^ Gignac, Julien (November 15, 2018). "Project Hue attempts to explore Indigenous identity and skin tone". Yukon News.