MALLERY,] TATTOO IN INDIA. 413 
Carl Bock (a) says: 
All the married women here are tattooed on the hands and feet and sometimes on 
the thighs. The decoration is one of the privileges of matrimony and is not per- 
mitted to unmarried girls. 
In Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, London, 1876, p. 94, it is . 
said that in Mangaia, of the Hervey group, the tattoo is in imitation of 
the stripes on the two kinds of fish, avini and paoro, the color of which 
is blue. The legend of this is kept in the song of Ina. 
Elisée Reclus (b) says: 
_ Most of the Dayaks tattoo the arms, hands, feet, and thighs; occasionally also 
breast and temples. The designs, generally of a beautiful blue color on the coppery 
ground of the body, display great taste, and are nearly always disposed in odd num- 
bers, which, as among so many other peoples, are supposed to be lucky. 
In L’Anthropologie (a), 1890, T. 1, No. 6, p. 693, it is thus reported: 
Tradition tells that the Giao chi, the alleged ancestors of the Annamites, were 
fishermen and in danger from marine monsters. ‘To prevent disasters from the genii 
of the waters the king directed the people to tattoo their bodies with the forms of 
the marine monsters, and afterwards the dragons, crocodiles, ete., ceased their perse- 
cution. The custom became universal, and even the kings tattooed a dragon on 
their thighs as a sign of power and nobility. The same idea was in the painting of 
eyes, etc., on the prows of Annamite boats, which strongly resembled the sea monsters. 
Mr. O’Reilly, the professional tattooer of New York, in a letter, says 
that he is familiar with the tattoo system of Burmah, and that, besides 
the ruling principle of ordeal, the Burmese use special tattoo marks to 
charm and to bring love. They also believe that tattooing the whole 
person renders the skin impenetrable to weapons. 
In Zeitschrift fiir Ethnologie (a) it is recounted of the Badagas. in 
the Nilgiri mountains, India: 
All the women are tattooed on the forehead. The following [Fig. 538] a is the 
most usual form: , 
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Besides this there occur the following (same Fig., b, c, d, and e): 
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Besides the forehead, the tattooing of which is obligatory for women, other parts 
of the body are often tattooed thus (same Fig., /) 
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Fic. 538.—Badaga tattoo marks. 
on each shoulder. Other forms not infrequently found are variously grouped dots, 
also those shown in the same Vig., g, on the forearm and the back of the hand, 
