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have performed the tattooing;, as well as other ceremonies. It was 

 then that this ancient rite became the means by which any individual 

 could publicly display his affection toward a relative. 



ViG 64. — An Osage Indian with tattooing. 



Figure 64 shows designs tattooed upon the body of a man. Those 

 on a woman are more elaborate and cover the upper part of her 

 body, breast and back, aufl the lower part of her legs. Figure 65 shows 



